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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Yuki find at the bottom of the boxes?
2. How does Yuki feel about public speaking?
3. Why does Tadashi initially refuse to play on the slide?
4. In Chapter 16, where does Masa sleep after Takeo's death?
5. What does Takeo dream about in Chapter 14?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Each character in the novel displays a different attitude toward death and the nature of loved ones passing. Compare and contrast the main characters of the novel: Yuki, Masa, Takeo, and Hideki. How do their approaches to grief vary? How have they grown and progressed by the end of the book? What understandings do they come to about death and those that have departed?
Essay Topic 2
Who is the protagonist and who is the antagonist of the novel?
Part 1) Examine the novel, taking into account the multiple points of view and lasting actions of each character, and determine an answer.
Part 2) What evidence supports each choice?
Part 3) What actions do the characters take that make them suitable for these roles?
Essay Topic 3
Yuki dresses differently than her peers, and her clothing holds a special place in her heart.
• Explain Yuki's emotional attachment to her clothes. Why are they so important to her? What role do they play in preserving her mother's memory?
• Examine the scene in which Aya asks Yuki to change her clothing for the wake.
• Why is Yuki reluctant to do so? Analyze the symbolism of Yuki hiding in her closet, among her clothes, on the day of the wake.
• What is it about Yuki's clothing that disturbs her grandmother?
• When throws away the Yuki's childhood clothing, how does this act impact Yuki?
• What is Yuki's motivation for sketching the clothes her mother had made for her?
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