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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. What is Itakura's occupation?
(a) Photographer.
(b) Merchant.
(c) Fisherman.
(d) Mechanic.

2. What does Sachiko notice as Taeko comes back?
(a) she has no shoes.
(b) She is not wet.
(c) She wears different clothes.
(d) She is happy.

3. Who is O-haru?
(a) The family maid.
(b) The family hairdresser.
(c) The family card reader.
(d) The family seamstress.

4. Who took over the Makioka family business at the death of the patriarch?
(a) Etsuko.
(b) Itsubata.
(c) Tatsuo.
(d) Sashiko.

5. What happens to Teinosuke on his way to Taeko's school?
(a) He helps push a car off the road.
(b) He almost drowns.
(c) He saves a child.
(d) He gets lost.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Teinosuke going to go get Etsuko from school?

2. Who does Sachiko receive a letter from in Book I, Chapters 23-29?

3. Why is Tatsuo slow to give an answer on the marriage?

4. Who comes to propose his help to Sachiko In Book II, Chapter 6?

5. Who takes the initiative to ask for a neighbor's help as the house shows sign of weakness?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the family roots in Chapter 21?

2. What does Sachiko's illness culminate in according to Chapter 27?

3. Where does Sachiko arrive in Chapter 15?

4. Under what pretext would the family allow Yukiko to return?

5. Why does the meeting with Nomura not go well in Chapter 28?

6. What underling theme is further developed in Chapter 12 through the Stoltz family?

7. What does Yukiko struggle with in Chapters 23 and 24?

8. What problem revolves around Yukiko according to Book I, Chapter 1?

9. What does Aunt Tominaga insist in Chapter 22?

10. Who is Mrs. Itani according to Chapter 2?

(see the answer keys)

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