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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 is Natsuki's husband's name?

2. What does Shizuka seem to always suspect about Natsuki?

3. What does Natsuki find out that Tomoya has told his own family about their marriage?

4. How does Natsuki feel about sex and relationships as she gets to be an older adolescent?

5. How does Natsuki's cousin treat her at first when he visits the mountain house in Part IV?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Tomoya tries to carry out his plan to engage in a taboo?

2. What does Tomoya want to do to try to reverse some of his brainwashing?

3. Who comes to visit at Akishina and what is the reason for the visit in Chapter 5?

4. Who advocates for Natsuki to be able to visit Akishina, and why?

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

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

7. Why is Tomoya fired?

8. What happens to Yuu in adulthood?

9. How does Yuu react when Yota invites Natsuki to his house?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How and why does Murata establish Akishina as a refuge and a place of comfort and solace for Natsuki in the early stages of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What do you think Murata reveals about both Natsuki and Tomoya by explaining how they came to their marriage agreement? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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