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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11 – Winter Sky (February 1975).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Masa, what was Yuki like as a young child?
(a) Loving and caring.
(b) Careful and timid.
(c) Quiet and moody.
(d) Cheerful and talkative.

2. What do Yuki and her Aunt Aya do together just before the wake?
(a) Wash their hair in the kitchen sink.
(b) Pack Shizuko's clothes and other belongings.
(c) Clean the living room and drape the furniture in white sheets.
(d) Take the train from Tokyo to Kobe.

3. What does Hideki decide to do with Shizuko's sketchbook in Chapter 13?
(a) Hide it so that he may look at the pages later.
(b) Burn it before anyone can see the sketches inside.
(c) Mail it to Aya.
(d) Send it to Yuki's new residence in Nagasaki.

4. What is the only thing in the kitchen that has not been changed by Yuki's stepmother after she moves into the house?
(a) The curtains.
(b) The porcelain plates and saucers with tiny pink flowers on the rim.
(c) The wood floor.
(d) The persimmon-colored tea set inside the glass cabinet.

5. What does Mr. Kimura teach when he meets Yuki in Chapter 10?
(a) Geography.
(b) Biology.
(c) History.
(d) Literature.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Hideki studies the sketch of Yuki holding a bouquet of daisies, what thought strikes him?

2. What happens to the large earthenware bowl during the wedding ceremony of Hideki and his new bride?

3. In Chapter 4, which room in the house has not changed since Yuki's stepmother moved in?

4. Select the character below who says, "I don't want to fit in."

5. Who rearranged furniture to prepare for the wake?

(see the answer key)

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