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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 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) Take the train from Tokyo to Kobe.
(c) Pack Shizuko's clothes and other belongings.
(d) Wash their hair in the kitchen sink.

2. Why do Yuki and Aunt Aya go to Kobe at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) They are there to attend Yuki's grandmother's funeral.
(b) They are there to visit Shizuko's grave. It is the first anniversary of her death.
(c) They are there for Yuki's piano recital. It is Yuki's first recital since her mother's death.
(d) 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.

3. What does Yuki offer to do when she speaks to Shizuko on the phone in Chapter 1?
(a) Apologize for starting a fight at baseball practice.
(b) Pay her piano teacher.
(c) Collect cherry blossoms for a wreath.
(d) Come home immediately and fix supper.

4. What kind of a student is Yuki?
(a) She is strong in most subjects except for art.
(b) She is easily the brightest in her class.
(c) She is more of an athlete than a scholar.
(d) She struggles to keep up with her lessons.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What causes Shizuko to wake up from her nap in Chapter 1?

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

4. Why does Yuki feel queasy on the day of the wedding?

5. Who arrives just as Yuki goes upstairs to change her clothes on the day of the wake?

(see the answer key)

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