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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 classes does Taeko take?
(a) Mechanic.
(b) Dancing.
(c) German.
(d) Proper etiquette.

2. What declines during the 1930s?
(a) The Makioka fortune.
(b) The Makioka's influence on the Emperor.
(c) The Japanese economy.
(d) The Japanese influence.

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

4. What does Sachiko receive in the mail from a former classmate?
(a) A letter asking for help.
(b) A picture of a man named Nomura.
(c) A picture of the two of them.
(d) A ring.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Taeko, Sachiko and Teinosuke think considering the strange circumstances at the dinner party?

2. How old is Yukiko?

3. Why is Teinosuke going to go get Etsuko from school?

4. Who sends a letter to Sachiko at the inn?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What causes tension in Chapter 6?

5. Why do the Makoika sisters stand out according to Chapter 19?

6. What does Chapter 11 describe about Itakura?

7. Who is Mrs. Itani according to Chapter 2?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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