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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II, Chapters 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Yukiko sometimes do in the main house?
(a) Argues with her sister.
(b) Brings male friends.
(c) Cleans in place of her sister.
(d) Goes alone to her room and cries.

2. What does Taeko plan on giving up according to Book II, Chapters 1-5?
(a) Dance.
(b) Doll making.
(c) Her wedding plans.
(d) Sewing.

3. How many people live in the main house?
(a) 16.
(b) 11.
(c) 8.
(d) 12.

4. Who has final say in the decision to marry Yukiko to Segoshi?
(a) Yukiko.
(b) Tainosuke.
(c) The main house.
(d) Sachiko.

5. What does Sachiko receive in the mail from a former classmate?
(a) A ring.
(b) A picture of a man named Nomura.
(c) A picture of the two of them.
(d) A letter asking for help.

Short Answer Questions

1. What bad habit does Okubata take according to Taeko?

2. How many sisters form the Makioka family according to Book I, Chapters 1-9?

3. What declines during the 1930s?

4. Who did the newspaper report as trying to elope?

5. What does Taeko's plan have Sachiko think?

(see the answer key)

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