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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 – Pink Trumpets (June 1971).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who writes Yuki a letter in Chapter 4?
(a) Miss Uozumi.
(b) Aya.
(c) Shizuko.
(d) Hideki.

2. According to Yuki, what does Hideki think about clothes and makeup?
(a) He used to tell Shizuko to wear more makeup and nicer clothes.
(b) He does not care that much about clothes and makeup.
(c) He thinks women look bad without makeup.
(d) He cannot stand the sight of a woman in makeup.

3. 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 unfaithful to his wife and too busy to spend time with Yuki.
(c) He is devoted to his wife and a doting father to Yuki.
(d) He is unfaithful to his wife but spends all his free time with Yuki.

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

5. What is Yuki's school grade level in Chapter 5?
(a) Ninth.
(b) Sixth
(c) Eighth.
(d) First.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Shizuko's mother say the morning of the wake?

2. What did Shizuko once teach Yuki to do with azaleas?

3. Select the character below who says, "If you can't do it without being told, then just try not to get in my way."

4. What does Sachiko invite Yuki to do at the track meet?

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

(see the answer key)

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