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

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

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

4. What kind of a student is Yuki?
(a) She is more of an athlete than a scholar.
(b) She is strong in most subjects except for art.
(c) She struggles to keep up with her lessons.
(d) She is easily the brightest in her class.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In what year does Yuki's father get remarried?

(see the answer key)

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