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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Osaka remind Kaname of?
(a) His childhood.
(b) The unrefined merchant class.
(c) Japanese isolationism.
(d) The war.

2. What do Kaname and his hosts spend the evening doing after leaving the puppet theater?
(a) Listening to and playing music.
(b) Telling each other stories.
(c) Playing cards.
(d) Practicing chants.

3. What does O-hisa use hot water for in Chapter 10?
(a) To remove a stain from Misako's father's kimono.
(b) To fix her hair.
(c) To make some tea.
(d) To wash her hair pins.

4. What does Misako admit to Kaname when she has a breakdown in Chapter 8?
(a) That feels she is to blame for their marital problems.
(b) That she has feelings for Aso.
(c) That she wants a divorce.
(d) That she has never loved Kaname.

5. How does Misako describe marriage?
(a) As an oppressive ritual.
(b) As an outdated institution.
(c) As a sense of security.
(d) As different than anyone expects.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kaname decide at the end of the novel?

2. What is Kaname worried about facing if he gets divorced at the wrong time?

3. Where does Misako's father take her in Chapter 14?

4. Where does Misako's father stop on his way to the puppet theater?

5. What does Louise do to make herself more physically appealing?

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