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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Sachiko receive in the mail from a former classmate?

4. Why does Yukiko refuse to marry Nomura?

5. How old is Yukiko?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Sachiko resolve in Chapter 7?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role of social propriety and appearance based on the character of Yukiko.

Essay Topic 2

Define theme and discuss the theme of hostility as portrayed in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the relationship between Etsuko and Yukiko and how this role changes throughout the course of the novel.

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