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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. Where do Yukiko and Taeko go for the new year celebrations?
(a) Kyoto.
(b) Kobe.
(c) Tokyo.
(d) Osaka.

2. Whose clothes does Taeko wear when coming back home according to Book II Chapter 12?
(a) Her teacher's.
(b) Itakura's sister's.
(c) Her classmates's.
(d) A change of clothes she brought to school.

3. What does Taeko plan on doing according to Book II, Chapter 1?
(a) Got ot Germany.
(b) Elope with Okubata.
(c) Take on photography.
(d) Go to Paris.

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

5. What does Mrs. Stoltz tell Yukiko?
(a) That Taeko wants to move with them.
(b) That they are moving to Tokyo.
(c) That Mr Stoltz wants to leave her.
(d) That they are leaving Japan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mrs. Itani?

2. Who visits Sachiko in Book II, Chapter 1?

3. Who is O-haru?

4. What does Yukiko ask Sachiko for concerning the new suitor?

5. What do Sachiko, Teinosuke, Etsuko and O-Haru write to Yukiko?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Yukiko struggle with in Chapters 23 and 24?

2. What part of Etsuko's composition does Yukiko cross out in Chapter 8?

3. Who is O-Haru and what traits did she possess based on Chapters 4 and 5?

4. Why does the meeting with Nomura not go well in Chapter 28?

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

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

7. Why is O-Haru the topic of converasation between Sachiko and Tsuruko in Chapter 17?

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

9. What is a "miai" dinner as described in Chapters 10 and 11?

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

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