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

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

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

4. Where does the wake take place?
(a) In the park where Shizuko loved to catch cherry blossoms.
(b) In Yuki's house.
(c) In Tokyo.
(d) In the village funeral parlor.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. According to Shizuko, what is the best kind of pottery?

4. Why does Yuki apologize to Shizuko in Chapter 4?

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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