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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Yuki repack all of the boxes in the attic and leave them behind?
(a) Shizuko cannot be summed up in a few material possessions.
(b) Yuki cannot afford to ship any of these items to her new home.
(c) Yuki decides she cannot hold onto the past.
(d) The many years of neglect have ruined Shizuko's things.

2. According to Yuki, what emotion does love bring in the end?
(a) Fear.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Joy.
(d) Surprise.

3. In the beginning of Chapter 12, why does Yuki wait until midnight to sneak into the attic?
(a) The attic is too hot during the day to enter.
(b) She is ashamed of her actions.
(c) The attic door is always locked and she must steal the key.
(d) She wants to wait until her father and stepmother are asleep.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the beginning of Chapter 11, who is Saburo's wife?

2. What color are the leaves that Yuki collects for her class?

3. How long is the speech on Monet's painting that Yuki recalls giving during Chapter 12?

4. In Chapter 10, what does Shizuko tell ten-year-old Yuki about divorced families?

5. At the end of Chapter 9, what is Yuki's reaction to what she has done with the dead frogs?

(see the answer keys)

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