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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. What is Yuki's first response when she discovers her mother unconscious?
(a) Yuki cries and collapses onto the floor.
(b) Yuki drops her books, turns off the gas, and calls her father at work.
(c) Yuki walks to the living room and plays her mother's favorite song on the piano.
(d) Yuki runs to the neighbor's house to get help.

2. How does Hideki behave toward Yuki following Shizuko's death?
(a) Hideki showers Yuki with gifts.
(b) Hideki smothers Yuki with attention.
(c) Hideki shouts at Yuki every time he sees her.
(d) Hideki hardly speaks to Yuki.

3. How do some of Yuki's friends in homemaking class fix their poor sewing?
(a) Yuki is convinced to help her friends straighten their stitches.
(b) Yuki's friends convince their mothers to help them.
(c) Yuki's friends practice very hard after class.
(d) The teacher holds a special class for Yuki and her friends.

4. What daily ritual does Hanae perform?
(a) She does yoga on the porch.
(b) She cleans the house.
(c) She runs in the park.
(d) She crashes the car into the mailbox.

5. Select the character below who says, "I don't pretend. I hate you."
(a) Hanae.
(b) Masa.
(c) Yuki.
(d) Hideki.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yuki do with the jar of dead frogs?

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

3. What does the smell of formaldehyde remind Yuki of in Chapter 9?

4. How has Yuki spent her summer Sundays?

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

(see the answer key)

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