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

2. What does Hideki's bride wear to the wedding ceremony?
(a) A traditional kimono.
(b) A black evening gown.
(c) A gray jumper.
(d) A Western-style dress.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Yuki feel about her father's new bride?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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