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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 does Piyyut tell Natsuki she must do in order to survive in Part III?

2. Who visits Akishina the morning Tomoya leaves on his mission?

3. What does Yuu say when Natsuki tells him she is an alien too?

4. What does Natsuki hope the earthlings succeed in doing?

5. How does Teruyoshi describe the village around the mountain house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who takes Natsuki and Tomoya to Akishina, and why?

2. How does Yuu react to Natsuki's and Tomoya's disclosures in Part III?

3. Why is Tomoya fired?

4. What is the dynamic between Kise and Tomoya?

5. Who does Natsuki believes gives her the power to kill the evil creature in Part III?

6. How does Natsuki feel when seeing Yuu again for the first time?

7. What does Miho tell Natsuki about Natsuki's abuse?

8. Who does Natsuki believe she killed in Mr. Igasaki's house?

9. What does Natsuki offer to do for Tomoya when his father is beating him in Akishina?

10. What does Natsuki actually want the "earthlings" to do to her at the end of Part III?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Murata establish the reader's expectation for Natsuki's unconventional life path early on in the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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

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.

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