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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 Aya want Yuki to come to her wedding?
(a) Yuki should see how a proper wedding looks.
(b) Mr. Kimura requested that Yuki come to the wedding.
(c) Aya has a special present that she would like to give Yuki.
(d) Yuki is the reason Aya met her husband-to-be, Mr. Kimura.

2. How has Yuki spent her summer Sundays?
(a) Competing in chess championships.
(b) Watching movies.
(c) Shopping with her stepmother.
(d) Running with Sachiko.

3. What does Shizuko pack from her yard to move to the new house?
(a) Flowers.
(b) The garden spade.
(c) The tea table.
(d) Bushes.

4. Why is Shizuko standing on her tiptoes in the wedding photo that Yuki carries with her?
(a) Her dress was too long and she did not want the hem to show.
(b) She thought she would look thinner if she stood on her tiptoes.
(c) Her dress had beadwork on the waist and the photographer asked her to stand taller so he could capture it.
(d) She is so short that Hideki looked like a giant next to her unless she stood on her tiptoes.

5. Why does Hideki no longer fear what death will be like?
(a) He does not think death can be worse than living.
(b) He knows there will be peace after dying.
(c) He looks forward to the day when he will die.
(d) He believes there is nothing beyond this life.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As Hideki studies the sketch of Yuki holding a bouquet of daisies, what thought strikes him?

3. Why does Mr. Kimura marry Aya?

4. How does Mr. Wada react when Yuki tells him she does not want to dissect a frog?

5. According to Yuki, what does Hideki think about clothes and makeup?

(see the answer key)

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