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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8 – Grievances (May 1973).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Hanae, what does Yuki do that most Japanese children are taught not to do?
(a) Give money to the poor.
(b) Look at adults directly in the eyes.
(c) Clean the house.
(d) Walk outside after dark.

3. Why does Yuki apologize to Shizuko in Chapter 4?
(a) Yuki broke the bowl.
(b) Yuki broke a boy's arm at school.
(c) Yuki spoke impertinently.
(d) Yuki poured chemicals on the irises.

4. What does Yuki think would have happened if she had told the truth about her mother's death to Sachiko and Mrs. Murai?
(a) Yuki thinks they would have offered to drive her to Shizuko's grave.
(b) Yuki thinks that they would have embraced her, praised her for her strength, and invited her to stay for breakfast.
(c) Yuki thinks that they would have invited her to live in their home.
(d) Yuki thinks that they would have politely asked her to leave their home and never come back.

5. What does Yuki recall doing in the living room with Shizuko?
(a) They sewed clothes.
(b) They toasted rice cakes in the fireplace.
(c) They listened to music, drank tea, and talked.
(d) They made flower arrangements.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the only thing in the kitchen that has not been changed by Yuki's stepmother after she moves into the house?

3. Who rearranged furniture to prepare for the wake?

4. How do some of Yuki's friends in homemaking class fix their poor sewing?

5. Select the character below who says, "I don't pretend. I hate you."

(see the answer key)

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