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

2. What details are revealed about Shizuko's husband in Chapter 1?
(a) He is devoted to his wife but cold toward Yuki.
(b) He is devoted to his wife and a doting father to Yuki.
(c) He is unfaithful to his wife and too busy to spend time with Yuki.
(d) He is unfaithful to his wife but spends all his free time with Yuki.

3. Who arrives just as Yuki goes upstairs to change her clothes on the day of the wake?
(a) Hideki.
(b) Shizuko's sister.
(c) Miss Uozumi.
(d) The priest.

4. What does Shizuko's mother say the morning of the wake?
(a) "I always knew she suffered from depression."
(b) "I never knew she suffered from depression."
(c) "I am not surprised that she chose to end her own life."
(d) "I thought my children would outlive me a long time."

5. What kind of a student is Yuki?
(a) She struggles to keep up with her lessons.
(b) She is easily the brightest in her class.
(c) She is strong in most subjects except for art.
(d) She is more of an athlete than a scholar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Shizuko say about her clothes as she packs them to prepare for a move?

2. In Shizuko's dream at the beginning of Chapter 1, who is throwing rice cakes to a crowd?

3. Why does Hanae decide to keep the persimmon teapot in the kitchen?

4. What does Yuki wish that she had said to Sachiko and Mrs. Murai about the way her mother died?

5. Select the character below who says, "I don't care. I can take care of myself. I'm not afraid of anything."

Short Essay Questions

1. Is Yuki pleased with the changes that Yuki's stepmother makes to the family home? Why or why not?

2. Is Hideki affectionate toward Yuki?

3. Describe how Mr. Kimura appears to ten-year-old Yuki.

4. Are Hanae's hostile actions toward Yuki justified in Chapter 8?

5. What happens at the end of Chapter 2 after Yuki changes her clothes for the wake?

6. In the beginning of Chapter 9, Yuki is thinking about her attempt to convince Mr. Wada that she cannot dissect a frog. What reasons does she give Mr. Wada for being unable to complete the lab activity?

7. Why does Shizuko destroy one of the goodbye notes at the end of Chapter 1?

8. What does Yuki think about when she hears her friends in homemaking class complain about their mothers?

9. Why does Yuki decide against thanking her father for letting her attend Aya's wedding?

10. How does it make Yuki feel as she observes Sachiko interacting with her mother after the track meet?

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