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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. What happens to the large earthenware bowl during the wedding ceremony of Hideki and his new bride?
(a) Hideki drops it and it breaks.
(b) Aunt Aya throws it out the window and it lands in the harbor.
(c) Yuki drops it and it breaks.
(d) Yuki hides it in her closet after the ceremony.

2. Which of the following events takes place at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) She takes Yuki to the doctor to have her knee stitched.
(b) She confronts her husband about his infidelity.
(c) Shizuko takes her own life by turning the gas oven on and inhaling the fumes.
(d) She completes her cleaning projects.

3. Where does the wake take place?
(a) In the village funeral parlor.
(b) In Yuki's house.
(c) In Tokyo.
(d) In the park where Shizuko loved to catch cherry blossoms.

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

5. Who rearranged furniture to prepare for the wake?
(a) Yuki's grandmother and aunt.
(b) Yuki and her aunt.
(c) The men.
(d) Yuki and her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which sentence best characterizes Yuki's behavior on the day of the wake?

2. When does the wake take place?

3. Which character is introduced at the beginning of Chapter 3?

4. What does Yuki recall doing in the living room with Shizuko?

5. In Chapter 1, why is Yuki going to be late for dinner?

(see the answer key)

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