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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 – Tiptoes (April 1970).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Yuki feel about her father's new bride?
(a) Yuki loves her from the moment they meet.
(b) Yuki wants to be friends with her but senses this is not possible.
(c) Yuki is afraid of her because she looks just like Shizuko.
(d) Yuki does not like her.

2. What do Yuki and her Aunt Aya do together just before the wake?
(a) Clean the living room and drape the furniture in white sheets.
(b) Wash their hair in the kitchen sink.
(c) Pack Shizuko's clothes and other belongings.
(d) Take the train from Tokyo to Kobe.

3. Why do Yuki and Aunt Aya go to Kobe at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) They are there to attend the wedding of Hideki and his new bride. After the wedding, Yuki will move in with her father and new stepmother.
(b) They are there to visit Shizuko's grave. It is the first anniversary of her death.
(c) They are there to attend Yuki's grandmother's funeral.
(d) They are there for Yuki's piano recital. It is Yuki's first recital since her mother's death.

4. In what year does Yuki's father get remarried?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1969.

5. In Chapter 1, why is Yuki going to be late for dinner?
(a) She got into a fight at baseball practice and injured her knee.
(b) She is waiting for her piano teacher, who is running late.
(c) She is going to a friend's house to collect flowers.
(d) She is tutoring students at school.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of a student is Yuki?

3. Where does the wedding of Hideki and his new bride take place?

4. What is Yuki's first response when she discovers her mother unconscious?

5. Why is Shizuko standing on her tiptoes in the wedding photo that Yuki carries with her?

(see the answer key)

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