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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. Who is the oldest sister?

2. What does Taeko tell Sachiko when confronted with the letter?

3. What photograph does Sachiko look at in Taeko's room?

4. Why do Tatsuo and Tsuruko have to move into a smaller house?

5. Where are Mrs Stoltz's children?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who overshadows Yukiko?

5. What does Okubata claim in Chapter 18?

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

7. What does the dance recital show about Taeko in Chapter 3?

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

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

10. How does Book II, Chapter 1 open?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the relationship between Sachiko and Teinosuke.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the role that Taeko plays in the novel and how and why she breaks from Japanese tradition.

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