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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 unfaithful to his wife but spends all his free time with 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 devoted to his wife but cold toward Yuki.

2. To whom does Shizuko write notes in Chapter 1?
(a) The village carpenter and Yuki.
(b) Hideki and her mother.
(c) Miss Uozumi and her mother.
(d) Hideki and Yuki.

3. Why is Shizuko impressed by Yuki?
(a) She is impressed because Yuki doesn't cry when she is in pain.
(b) She is impressed because Yuki is the tallest girl on her track team.
(c) She is impressed because Yuki can stand on her head.
(d) She is impressed because Yuki ran against a boy and became class president, which is very rare.

4. In Chapter 4, what does Yuki remove from the refrigerator?
(a) Ice water.
(b) Leftover rice.
(c) An apple.
(d) A glass of orange juice.

5. Where does Yuki live the first year after Shizuko's death?
(a) In the United States, with her father Hideki and stepmother.
(b) In Tokyo, with her Aunt Aya.
(c) In Kobe, with her mother.
(d) In Kobe, with her grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of a student is Yuki?

2. What causes Shizuko to wake up from her nap in Chapter 1?

3. What kind of clothes did Shizuko make for Yuki before she died?

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

5. Why does her Aunt Aya ask Yuki to change her clothes before the wake?

(see the answer key)

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