Earthlings Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Sayaka Murata
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 110 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Earthlings Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Sayaka Murata
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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. How does Natsuki try to kill herself?

2. Why is Kise often ridiculed at school?

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

4. What is one of Natsuki's jobs at the mountain house?

5. What pledge do Natsuki and Yuu make to each other as children?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part II, what does Natsuki desperately want to do with Yuu?

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

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

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

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

6. How does Natsuki feel about going to granny and grandpa's every year?

7. In Chapter 2, how does Natsuki refer to her town as an adult?

8. How does Natsuki feel her mother treats her?

9. What refrain does Natsuki constantly repeat to her mother to please her?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Murata's development of Kise's character arc tell the reader about Japanese society as a whole, at least in the world Murata has build in this novel? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

What do you think Murata means to communicate to the reader about the dynamic in Natsuki's family by repeatedly having adult characters in Natsuki's extended family and who are friends or neighbors challenge her mother's harsh views of Natsuki? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How does Yuu distinguish between the acts of living and surviving? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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