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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of wife does Segoshi profess his preference for?
(a) Active.
(b) Quiet and traditional.
(c) Independent.
(d) Accepting western influences.

2. What strikes Tokyo on September 1?
(a) A tsunami.
(b) A flood.
(c) A earthquake.
(d) A typhoon.

3. What does Sachiko plan to take Etsuko to?
(a) A new school.
(b) A specialist for her sleeping and behavior trouble.
(c) A theater.
(d) A matchmaker.

4. When did Katherina leave Russia?
(a) When her father died.
(b) In 1929.
(c) After her birth.
(d) When the Communists took power.

5. What does the man who took over the family business do in order to insure the continuity of the business?
(a) Buys the business.
(b) Marries Itsuko.
(c) Takes the name Makioka.
(d) Sells shares to family members.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the newspaper report as trying to elope?

2. Why does Sachiko not want to urge Yukiko about a new suitor?

3. Who tells Sachiko that Yukiko should live at the main house and not with her?

4. How old was Taeko when she tried to elope?

5. Why does Tainosuke bring Yukiko to see a doctor?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sachiko resolve in Chapter 7?

2. What breaks the deal for the marriage between Segoshi and Yukiko?

3. Whose intentions does Sachiko wonder about in Chapter 6?

4. What happens to the family roots in Chapter 21?

5. What measures does Teinosuke go to to assure Segoshi of Yukiko's health during the mutual investigations in Chapters 12-14?

6. What causes tension in Chapter 6?

7. What event is described in Chapters 4 and 5?

8. What problem revolves around Yukiko according to Book I, Chapter 1?

9. What opinion does Yukiko have on the marriage issue in Chapter 17?

10. What does Sachiko's illness culminate in according to Chapter 27?

(see the answer keys)

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