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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 comes to watch Yuki run at her junior high track meets?
(a) Her Aunt Aya.
(b) Her entire family, including her grandmother, Aunt Aya, her father Hideki, and her stepmother.
(c) Her father Hideki.
(d) Nobody from her family ever comes to the meets.

2. When does the wake take place?
(a) A week after Shizuko commits suicide.
(b) The day after Shizuko commits suicide.
(c) A month after Shizuko commits suicide.
(d) The day Shizuko commits suicide.

3. According to Shizuko, what is the best kind of pottery?
(a) The kind covered in flowers.
(b) The kind that you could use every day.
(c) The kind sold at department stores.
(d) The kind that you get in China.

4. According to Shizuko, why didn't Hideki cry at his mother's funeral?
(a) He was left out of her will.
(b) He did not like her very much.
(c) He was the black sheep of the family.
(d) He did not love her.

5. Why does her Aunt Aya ask Yuki to change her clothes before the wake?
(a) Aya thinks that Shizuko would not have approved of Yuki's dress.
(b) Aya thinks that Yuki's dress is not dark enough.
(c) Aya thinks that Yuki's dress is too tight.
(d) Aya thinks that Yuki's dress is too short.

Short Answer Questions

1. With the exception of Yuki's father and new wife, what do adults say to Yuki when she does something deserving of praise?

2. Where does Yuki live the first year after Shizuko's death?

3. Where is the novel set in Chapter 1?

4. In Chapter 1, why is Yuki going to be late for dinner?

5. Why does Yuki feel queasy on the day of the wedding?

(see the answer key)

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