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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 arrives just as Yuki goes upstairs to change her clothes on the day of the wake?
(a) The priest.
(b) Shizuko's sister.
(c) Hideki.
(d) Miss Uozumi.

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

3. What does Yuki offer to do when she speaks to Shizuko on the phone in Chapter 1?
(a) Apologize for starting a fight at baseball practice.
(b) Collect cherry blossoms for a wreath.
(c) Pay her piano teacher.
(d) Come home immediately and fix supper.

4. What happens to the large earthenware bowl during the wedding ceremony of Hideki and his new bride?
(a) Yuki hides it in her closet after the ceremony.
(b) Aunt Aya throws it out the window and it lands in the harbor.
(c) Yuki drops it and it breaks.
(d) Hideki drops it and it breaks.

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 too tight.
(c) Aya thinks that Yuki's dress is not dark enough.
(d) Aya thinks that Yuki's dress is too short.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Yuki in Chapter 1?

2. How does Yuki feel about her father's new bride?

3. To whom does Shizuko write notes in Chapter 1?

4. Why do Yuki and Aunt Aya go to Kobe at the beginning of Chapter 3?

5. In Chapter 4, which room in the house has not changed since Yuki's stepmother moved in?

(see the answer key)

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