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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 Mr. Igasaki tell Natsuki about the "lessons" he is giving her over the summer?
(a) She can tell her parents about them.
(b) They have to be repeated many times.
(c) She needs to pay him for them.
(d) She can tell her friends about them.

2. How does Natsuki try to kill herself?
(a) By slitting her wrists.
(b) By swallowing pills.
(c) By shooting herself.
(d) By throwing herself from a height.

3. What does Mr. Igasaki make Natsuki do in front of him?
(a) Blow her nose.
(b) Sharpen her pencil.
(c) Wash her sock.
(d) Change her menstrual pad.

4. What pledge do Natsuki and Yuu make to each other as children?
(a) A pledge to kill their parents.
(b) A pledge that they will never learn to read.
(c) A pledge to always cook together.
(d) A marriage pledge.

5. What do the adults always do in celebration of the holiday at the family gathering at the mountain house each year?
(a) Can vegetables together.
(b) Plant a garden.
(c) Build a new house.
(d) Set off fireworks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What creatures were once allowed to grow in the mountain house?

2. Who is Natsuki's best friend in school?

3. What does Natsuki remember Yuu telling her when they parted ways at the mountain house?

4. What holiday does Natsuki gather with her father's extended family for every year?

5. How old is Natsuki when she gets married?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Natuski observe the dynamic between her mother and father?

2. In Part II, why does the family decide not to go to Akishina for Obon?

3. What do the adults always ask the children to do at the mountain house when they first arrive which is part of tradition?

4. How does Natsuki's mother react when she tells her that Mr. Igasaki is acting inappropriately?

5. What does Yuu tell Natsuki he believes about himself that makes him special?

6. Why is Natsuki barred from being a pallbearer in Part II?

7. What does Mr. Igasaki make Natsuki do early in Part II that is humiliating?

8. What is really unusual about Natsuki's and Tomoya's marriage?

9. What object makes Natsuki feel better when she is missing Yuu?

10. How does Natsuki feel her mother treats her?

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