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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 does Mimaki lack?
(a) Strength.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Ambition.
(d) Money.

2. What does Sachiko think of the new neighbors?
(a) She likes them.
(b) She tries to ignore them.
(c) They seems nice.
(d) She does not trust them.

3. What does Sachiko think of Taeko seeing Okubata?
(a) She hopes they will break up.
(b) She hopes they will elope.
(c) She wishes Taeko would see how bad Okubata is.
(d) She still hopes they will marry.

4. What does Okubata promise Sachiko?
(a) To pay for the hospital bill.
(b) To stop trying to elope with Taeko.
(c) To come visit Taeko.
(d) To stay away from Taeko.

5. Who transmits the letter from Sawazaki to Sachiko?
(a) Mrs. Tokina.
(b) Mrs. Itani.
(c) Mrs. Hashimata.
(d) Mrs. Sugano.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Sachiko write a letter to reporting on Taeko?

2. Why does Taeko ask for money from Tatsuo and Tsuruko?

3. Why is Okubata upset at Sachiko?

4. Where do the sisters and Mimaki meet for the first time?

5. Why is Mrs. Itani selling her shop?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sachiko take as a bad omen?

2. What revelation does Sachiko have in Chapter 23?

3. Who does Yukiko recognize on the train?

4. What do Sachiko and Yukiko ignore in Chapter 19?

5. What furthers the conflict between Sachiko and the main house in Chapter 23?

6. Who is Mr. Hashidera according to Chapter 13?

7. Why do Yukiko, Taeko, Etsuko, and Sachiko travel by train to Ogaki in Book III, Chapter 1?

8. Who do they meet in Tokyo in Chapter 30?

9. What does Sachiko arrange in Chapter 20?

10. Why is Sachiko alarmed in regard to Taeko in Chapter 31?

(see the answer keys)

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