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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 classes does Taeko take?
(a) Proper etiquette.
(b) German.
(c) Mechanic.
(d) Dancing.

2. Who comes to propose his help to Sachiko In Book II, Chapter 6?
(a) Yukoki.
(b) Taeko's teacher.
(c) The neighbor.
(d) Shokichi.

3. Who is supporting the conversation during the dinner with Segoshi?
(a) Yukiko
(b) Taeko.
(c) Sachiko.
(d) Etsuko.

4. Who comes to inquire about Taeko?
(a) Mrs. Itani.
(b) Yukiko.
(c) Itakura.
(d) Okubata.

5. Where do Sachiko, Taeko, Yukiko and Etsuko go to see the cherry blossoms?
(a) OSaka.
(b) Kyoto.
(c) Kobe.
(d) Tokyo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sachiko do after the storm?

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

3. Who is Mrs. Itani?

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

5. Why do Tatsuo and Tsuruko have to move into a smaller house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is O-Haru and what traits did she possess based on Chapters 4 and 5?

2. Whose intentions does Sachiko wonder about in Chapter 6?

3. What opinion does Yukiko have on the marriage issue in Chapter 17?

4. What is a "miai" dinner as described in Chapters 10 and 11?

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

6. What causes tension in Chapter 6?

7. What does Sachiko resolve in Chapter 7?

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

9. What does Okubata claim in Chapter 18?

10. What is Sachiko looking forward to in Chapter 14 and why?

(see the answer keys)

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