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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. When does the wake take place?
(a) A week after Shizuko commits suicide.
(b) The day Shizuko commits suicide.
(c) A month after Shizuko commits suicide.
(d) The day after Shizuko commits suicide.

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

3. Where is Yuki in Chapter 1?
(a) A friend's house.
(b) School.
(c) A village celebration.
(d) Miss Uozumi's house.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who rearranged furniture to prepare for the wake?

2. What do Yuki and her Aunt Aya do together just before the wake?

3. What details are revealed about Shizuko's husband in Chapter 1?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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