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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who contacts Sachiko about Nomura?
(a) Teinosuke.
(b) Tatsuo.
(c) Mrs. Itani.
(d) Mrs. Jimba.

2. What happens to Teinosuke on his way to Taeko's school?
(a) He helps push a car off the road.
(b) He gets lost.
(c) He saves a child.
(d) He almost drowns.

3. What bad habit does Okubata take according to Taeko?
(a) Getting drunk with other women.
(b) Smoking.
(c) Beating Taeko.
(d) Stealing from strangers.

4. What is Nomura's odd habit?
(a) Going on long boat ride alone.
(b) Smoking.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Talking to himself.

5. Who is supporting the conversation during the dinner with Segoshi?
(a) Sachiko.
(b) Taeko.
(c) Yukiko
(d) Etsuko.

6. Why is Tatsuo slow to give an answer on the marriage?
(a) He is busy dealing with a contract.
(b) He wants to think about it.
(c) The mail is slow to reach him.
(d) An investigation must be conducted.

7. Who comes to propose his help to Sachiko In Book II, Chapter 6?
(a) Shokichi.
(b) The neighbor.
(c) Yukoki.
(d) Taeko's teacher.

8. Who tells Sachiko that Yukiko should live at the main house and not with her?
(a) Tatsuo.
(b) An aunt.
(c) Taeko.
(d) Her sister.

9. Who tells Mrs. Itani about the canceled marriage?
(a) Sachiko.
(b) Sagoshi.
(c) Teinosuke.
(d) Yukiko.

10. When does Sachiko plan on returning to Osaka?
(a) After Etsuko see the doctor.
(b) As soon as she can find room in a hospital for Etsuko.
(c) After a couple weeks at the main house.
(d) After a few days vacation.

11. What do Sachiko, Teinosuke, Etsuko and O-Haru write to Yukiko?
(a) A poem.
(b) A short funny letter..
(c) A story meant to support her suffering.
(d) Each a long letter.

12. Who invites Taeko, Sachiko and Teinosuke for dinner in Book I, Chapters 17-22?
(a) Tatsuo.
(b) Katherina.
(c) Sagoshi.
(d) Mrs. Itani.

13. What does Yukiko sometimes do in the main house?
(a) Goes alone to her room and cries.
(b) Argues with her sister.
(c) Brings male friends.
(d) Cleans in place of her sister.

14. What does Yukiko ask Sachiko for concerning the new suitor?
(a) To tell her everything about him.
(b) To let her meet him alone.
(c) To conduct a close investigation.
(d) To not meet him before the investigation is complete.

15. Who is O-haru?
(a) The family card reader.
(b) The family seamstress.
(c) The family hairdresser.
(d) The family maid.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Sachiko, Taeko, Yukiko and Etsuko go to see the cherry blossoms?

2. What does Mrs. Stoltz tell Yukiko?

3. What photograph does Sachiko look at in Taeko's room?

4. What does Sachiko do after the storm?

5. What does Taeko's plan have Sachiko think?

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