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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12 – Gladioli (March 1975).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Yuki repack all of the boxes in the attic and leave them behind?
(a) The many years of neglect have ruined Shizuko's things.
(b) Shizuko cannot be summed up in a few material possessions.
(c) Yuki cannot afford to ship any of these items to her new home.
(d) Yuki decides she cannot hold onto the past.

2. What does Yuki wish that she had said to Sachiko and Mrs. Murai about the way her mother died?
(a) That her mother died after falling down the stairs.
(b) That her mother died of a broken heart.
(c) That her mother died of cancer.
(d) That her mother died because she was unhappy.

3. At the beginning of Chapter 7, Yuki is visiting her grandparents for the following event:
(a) A ceremony commemorating the third anniversary of her mother's death.
(b) She is competing in the track team's national championship.
(c) A ceremony commemorating her grandparents' fiftieth anniversary.
(d) A traditional housewarming celebration.

4. What does Hanae's doctor mean when he tells her it is too late?
(a) She will never again look like a teenager.
(b) She can no longer have children; she waited too long to see him.
(c) She will never see again due to her extended exposure to cleaning chemicals.
(d) She will die soon of cancer; there is no point in pursuing treatment.

5. Select the character below who says, "I remember her voice without her body and her body without her voice."
(a) Takeo.
(b) Masa.
(c) Hideki.
(d) Yuki.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13, when Hideki notes that there is much to be said for great love and loyalty, whose love and loyalty does he refer to?

2. Select the character below who says, "I don't want to fit in."

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

4. What does Yuki find at the bottom of the boxes?

5. Select the character below who says, "I don't care. I can take care of myself. I'm not afraid of anything."

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