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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When news of her divorce comes out, what does Misako expect to be painted as?
(a) An abused wife.
(b) A criminal.
(c) A ingrate.
(d) A hussy.

2. What is Kaname worried about facing if he gets divorced at the wrong time?
(a) The loss of his son's admiration.
(b) A demotion at work.
(c) A lonely winter.
(d) Misako's angry father.

3. What is the name of Kaname's dog?
(a) Peony.
(b) Poppie.
(c) Perdy.
(d) Penny.

4. What does Kaname say he will not do after he divorces?
(a) Remarry.
(b) Stay in Osaka.
(c) Fall into bad habits.
(d) See Hiroshi.

5. What does Misako wish she didn't have to deal with in regards to the upcoming holiday?
(a) Preparing special foods.
(b) Visiting family.
(c) Making travel plans.
(d) Decorating.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, where do Kaname and Takanatsu go together?

2. What does Misako wonder about in regards to the upcoming holiday?

3. Why do Misako and Takanatsu return downstairs in Chapter 6?

4. What do Misako and Takanatsu joke Lindy might catch a disease by doing?

5. What do Misako and Takanatsu joke about Lindy?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kaname compare the portrayal of women in Hollywood films to their portrayal in Japanese art from the Edo period?

2. What have Misako and Aso decided together that Aso need not promise her?

3. Who is Takanatsu? What does Takanatsu bring Hiroshi as a present?

4. How does Misako feel at the beginning of Chapter 6?

5. What does Kaname think about the female puppet in the show? Who does the puppet remind him of and why?

6. In Chapter 3, what is Kaname moved by in the puppet show? What does he think the show perfectly conveys?

7. What does Takanatsu think of Misako's plan to divorce Kaname and marry Aso?

8. What does Misako note about Peony's behavior when Peony and Kaname meet her at the train station? How does this relate to Kaname?

9. Why is Kaname conflicted about going to the puppet theater with his father-in-law?

10. What does Misako notice about her relationship with Kaname when Takanatsu is around? To what does she attribute this difference?

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