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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. Who rearranged furniture to prepare for the wake?
(a) Yuki and her aunt.
(b) The men.
(c) Yuki's grandmother and aunt.
(d) Yuki and her father.

2. According to Yuki, what does Hideki think about clothes and makeup?
(a) He does not care that much about clothes and makeup.
(b) He thinks women look bad without makeup.
(c) He cannot stand the sight of a woman in makeup.
(d) He used to tell Shizuko to wear more makeup and nicer clothes.

3. Where does Yuki live the first year after Shizuko's death?
(a) In Kobe, with her grandmother.
(b) In Tokyo, with her Aunt Aya.
(c) In Kobe, with her mother.
(d) In the United States, with her father Hideki and stepmother.

4. What does Shizuko do immediately after her phone call with Yuki in Chapter 1?
(a) She cleans her closet.
(b) She finishes sewing Yuki's new skirt.
(c) She cooks a stew.
(d) She goes into her den and writes goodbye notes.

5. What does Yuki recall doing in the living room with Shizuko?
(a) They toasted rice cakes in the fireplace.
(b) They listened to music, drank tea, and talked.
(c) They made flower arrangements.
(d) They sewed clothes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What special object does Yuki carry with her to the wedding?

3. What does Shizuko say about her clothes as she packs them to prepare for a move?

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

5. Which character is introduced at the beginning of Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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