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

2. What does Shizuko pack from her yard to move to the new house?
(a) The garden spade.
(b) The tea table.
(c) Bushes.
(d) Flowers.

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

4. With the exception of Yuki's father and new wife, what do adults say to Yuki when she does something deserving of praise?
(a) Your mother would have been proud.
(b) You are so much like your mother.
(c) Your mother always said you had potential.
(d) You are your mother's daughter.

5. Select the character who said, "If something happened to you, I would still go on."
(a) Shizuko.
(b) Aya.
(c) Yuki.
(d) Hideki.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Yuki and her Aunt Aya do together just before the wake?

2. When does the wake take place?

3. Select the character below who says, "Promise me you'll stay out of trouble from now on."

4. Why is Shizuko standing on her tiptoes in the wedding photo that Yuki carries with her?

5. Which of the following events takes place at the end of Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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