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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. What does Yuki collect along with the leaves for her homemaking class?
(a) Pine cones.
(b) Wildflowers.
(c) Pine needles.
(d) Oak leaves.

2. Where does Yuki live the first year after Shizuko's death?
(a) In Kobe, with her grandmother.
(b) In the United States, with her father Hideki and stepmother.
(c) In Tokyo, with her Aunt Aya.
(d) In Kobe, with her mother.

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

4. Who writes Yuki a letter in Chapter 4?
(a) Shizuko.
(b) Aya.
(c) Hideki.
(d) Miss Uozumi.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 14, what does Masa believe about becoming an artist?

2. According to Yuki in Chapter 12, what will Hanae do with the things Yuki leaves behind?

3. What does Hideki decide to do with Shizuko's sketchbook in Chapter 13?

4. What does Yuki do with Mr. Kimura's business card?

5. In Shizuko's dream at the beginning of Chapter 1, who is throwing rice cakes to a crowd?

(see the answer key)

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