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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 – Tiptoes (April 1970).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the large earthenware bowl during the wedding ceremony of Hideki and his new bride?
(a) Yuki drops it and it breaks.
(b) Hideki drops it and it breaks.
(c) Yuki hides it in her closet after the ceremony.
(d) Aunt Aya throws it out the window and it lands in the harbor.

2. How old is Yuki in Chapter 1?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Six.
(c) Seventeen.
(d) Twenty.

3. Which character is introduced at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Yuki's father, Hideki.
(b) Yuki's Aunt Aya.
(c) Hideki's bride.
(d) Yuki's grandmother Masa.

4. Why does Yuki feel queasy on the day of the wedding?
(a) She is queasy from the train ride from Tokyo.
(b) She is queasy from the sake.
(c) She is queasy from the smell of her mother's perfume.
(d) She is queasy from the boat ride from Tokyo.

5. In Chapter 1, why is Yuki going to be late for dinner?
(a) She is tutoring students at school.
(b) She is waiting for her piano teacher, who is running late.
(c) She got into a fight at baseball practice and injured her knee.
(d) She is going to a friend's house to collect flowers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Yuki and her Aunt Aya do together just before the wake?

2. How does Hideki behave toward Yuki following Shizuko's death?

3. Where is Yuki in Chapter 1?

4. Which sentence best characterizes Yuki's behavior on the day of the wake?

5. According to Yuki, what does Hideki think about clothes and makeup?

(see the answer key)

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