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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 Ono think about the return of the old floating world?
2. What does Shintaro want Ono to do for him?
3. What has Noriko planned for entertainment during Setsuko's visit?
4. Why isn't Ono able to understand Ichiro's imaginary talk?
5. What is a miai?
Short Essay Questions
1. After the surrender, one of the Sugimura sisters visits the house, obviously more concerned about the building than its inhabitants. Why doesn't Ono feel angry toward her?
2. Why is it unlikely that the Miyakes withdrew from marriage negotiations because they felt inferior?
3. Why does Ono conceal his efforts on her behalf from Noriko during the weeks leading up to the miai?
4. Why does Ono decide to watch Mitsuo during the miai?
5. How does Taro behave during the miai?
6. Why didn't Ono object to Noriko's marriage into a family that was below their station?
7. What is the likely reason for Miyake's sudden withdrawal from the marriage negotiations?
8. What is Mrs. Kawakami hesitating to decide?
9. What tragic event happens to the mentally challenged Hirayama?
10. What does Ono see as the result of his confession during the miai?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast the personalities of Noriko and Setsuko based on their conversation and behavior. Remember that Ono comments on the character of the two girls. Do your observations agree with his?
Essay Topic 2
Ishiguro devotes a great deal of description to the physical venues of Ono's city. Take the point of view of a reporter who is visiting the city to report on its postwar condition in 1948. As a reporter, what would you say about the parks? The homes? The pleasure district? If you returned in 1950, what would you report? Have there been significant changes? In your second paragraph, take the point of view of the same reporter returning after two years to observe the physical differences. What is still there? What is gone? What is there that wasn't before?
Essay Topic 3
We meet Taro Saito only briefly in this story, and yet Ishiguro establishes a clear personality for him through his actions and conversation. What do you know about Taro? How do you learn it? Analyze this character based on the information you have.
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