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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. Where is the novel set in Chapter 1?
(a) Hokkaido.
(b) Osaka.
(c) Kobe.
(d) Tokyo.

2. What details are revealed about Shizuko's husband in Chapter 1?
(a) He is unfaithful to his wife but spends all his free time with Yuki.
(b) He is unfaithful to his wife and too busy to spend time with Yuki.
(c) He is devoted to his wife and a doting father to Yuki.
(d) He is devoted to his wife but cold toward Yuki.

3. To whom does Shizuko write notes in Chapter 1?
(a) Hideki and her mother.
(b) The village carpenter and Yuki.
(c) Hideki and Yuki.
(d) Miss Uozumi and her mother.

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

5. Why does Yuki feel queasy on the day of the wedding?
(a) She is queasy from the boat ride from Tokyo.
(b) She is queasy from the smell of her mother's perfume.
(c) She is queasy from the train ride from Tokyo.
(d) She is queasy from the sake.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Shizuko do immediately after her phone call with Yuki in Chapter 1?

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

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

4. What happens to the large earthenware bowl during the wedding ceremony of Hideki and his new bride?

5. Where is Yuki in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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