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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 – Irises (April 1970).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Shizuko say about her clothes as she packs them to prepare for a move?
(a) Some clothes are too tight for her now.
(b) Some clothes are too drab for her now.
(c) Some clothes are too trendy for her now.
(d) Some clothes are too bright for her now.

2. What is the only thing in the kitchen that has not been changed by Yuki's stepmother after she moves into the house?
(a) The persimmon-colored tea set inside the glass cabinet.
(b) The wood floor.
(c) The porcelain plates and saucers with tiny pink flowers on the rim.
(d) The curtains.

3. How does Hideki behave toward Yuki following Shizuko's death?
(a) Hideki showers Yuki with gifts.
(b) Hideki shouts at Yuki every time he sees her.
(c) Hideki smothers Yuki with attention.
(d) Hideki hardly speaks to Yuki.

4. What does Shizuko's mother say the morning of the wake?
(a) "I never knew she suffered from depression."
(b) "I am not surprised that she chose to end her own life."
(c) "I thought my children would outlive me a long time."
(d) "I always knew she suffered from depression."

5. What does Yuki do after changing her clothes on the day of the wake?
(a) She sits on the floor of her closet and cries.
(b) She collects cherry blossoms to place on her mother's coffin.
(c) She goes to Miss Uozumi's house.
(d) She lights a candle and sits at the altar to pray.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yuki offer to do when she speaks to Shizuko on the phone in Chapter 1?

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

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

4. Why do Yuki and Aunt Aya go to Kobe at the beginning of Chapter 3?

5. In what year does Yuki's father get remarried?

(see the answer key)

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