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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) Accepting western influences.
(b) Independent.
(c) Quiet and traditional.
(d) Active.

2. What does Sachiko notice as Taeko comes back?
(a) She is happy.
(b) she has no shoes.
(c) She wears different clothes.
(d) She is not wet.

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

4. How does Sachiko's party go to Tokyo?
(a) By car.
(b) By plane.
(c) By train.
(d) By bus.

5. Why does Tatsuo reject Segoshi as a candidate for Yukiko?
(a) He is too old for Yukiko.
(b) He is not rich enough.
(c) He was married beofre.
(d) His mother may have been mentaly ill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the visitor inquiring about Taeko bring?

2. Who is Mrs. Itani?

3. What do Taeko, Sachiko and Teinosuke think during the dinner?

4. Who deals with Mrs. Itani on the Segoshi matter?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is Sachiko looking forward to in Chapter 14 and why?

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

6. Under what pretext would the family allow Yukiko to return?

7. Where does Sachiko arrive in Chapter 15?

8. What does Chapter 11 describe about Itakura?

9. What causes tension in Chapter 6?

10. What underling theme is further developed in Chapter 12 through the Stoltz family?

(see the answer keys)

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