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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Takeo feel about the land reform?
(a) He is unhappy with the harsh treatment of landowners.
(b) He understands that reform needed to happen to save the country.
(c) He is bitter that he has lost so much land due to reform.
(d) He gloats about how little has changed, despite the reform.

2. How does Yuki feel about public speaking?
(a) It makes her angry because no one listens.
(b) It never makes her nervous.
(c) It makes her feel queasy.
(d) It never makes her happy.

3. Why does Yuki refuse to eat oyster soup for dinner when she is ten?
(a) The oysters will be sandy from the beach.
(b) Yuki becomes ill if she eats seafood.
(c) Yuki believes the oysters were cooked alive.
(d) There is a strange smell coming from the soup.

4. What does Yuki do with Mr. Kimura's business card?
(a) She puts the card in her drawer of handkerchiefs and forgets it.
(b) She puts the card in her little white purse.
(c) She uses it to call Mr. Kimura.
(d) She throws the card in the trash bin.

5. What lesson does Yuki fail to learn from her grandfather?
(a) How to recognize all of the constellations in the sky.
(b) How to be quiet until the world is peaceful.
(c) How to write neatly instead of cramped and small.
(d) How to plant morning glories.

6. How does Yuki spend her lunch recess at school in Chapter 9?
(a) She eats in the cafeteria with her friends.
(b) She eats a packed lunch by herself.
(c) She sets a table and eats in her homemaking class.
(d) She catches up on homework.

7. In Chapter 16, what does Masa find on the window screen of the house?
(a) A tiny caterpillar.
(b) A white cicada.
(c) A young frog.
(d) A purple butterfly.

8. In fourth grade, what does Shizuko say about the picture of the emperor?
(a) The colors used in the picture are very bright.
(b) The emperor has a funny nose and looks silly.
(c) The emperor is a man to be respected.
(d) The picture is very grand and holy.

9. In Chapter 11, what reason does Yuki give for not wanting to fall in love?
(a) Love often comes to nothing one way or another.
(b) There is no time to fall in love with Yuki's busy schedule.
(c) Husbands only ignore their wives.
(d) The children from a marriage are rarely happy.

10. How long is the speech on Monet's painting that Yuki recalls giving during Chapter 12?
(a) Three minutes.
(b) Ten minutes.
(c) Five minutes.
(d) Twenty minutes.

11. What does Yuki threaten Mr. Sato with in Chapter 15?
(a) A rock.
(b) A restraining order.
(c) A book.
(d) A fork.

12. Why does Hideki no longer fear what death will be like?
(a) He looks forward to the day when he will die.
(b) He believes there is nothing beyond this life.
(c) He knows there will be peace after dying.
(d) He does not think death can be worse than living.

13. What does the smell of formaldehyde remind Yuki of in Chapter 9?
(a) The dark room where Yuki creates photographs.
(b) Cleaning products.
(c) Shizuko's cremation.
(d) Chemistry class.

14. Why does Mr. Kimura marry Aya?
(a) It is a marriage of convenience.
(b) Aya reminds Mr. Kimura of Shizuko.
(c) Aya makes Mr. Kimura laugh.
(d) Yuki made Mr. Kimura see why Aya is wonderful.

15. In Chapter 15, what does Isamu tell Yuki as they sit in the garden?
(a) There is nothing ugly about this world.
(b) Masa is strong enough to move on from Takeo's death.
(c) Yuki's photographs are beautiful.
(d) Things will work out.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much longer does Yuki have until she leaves for Nagasaki?

2. What does Takeo dream about in Chapter 14?

3. Why does Yuki repack all of the boxes in the attic and leave them behind?

4. Why does Miss Sakaki send someone to collect leaves outside?

5. In Chapter 14, why does Yuki become a vegetarian?

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