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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6 – Sundays (September 1971).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does her Aunt Aya ask Yuki to change her clothes before the wake?
(a) Aya thinks that Yuki's dress is too short.
(b) Aya thinks that Yuki's dress is not dark enough.
(c) Aya thinks that Yuki's dress is too tight.
(d) Aya thinks that Shizuko would not have approved of Yuki's dress.

3. What are some of the things that Yuki does that are deserving of praise?
(a) Cleans the house and tends the garden.
(b) Wins piano competitions and chess championships.
(c) Wins track meets and serves as class president.
(d) Wins spelling bees and serves as class treasurer.

4. What causes Shizuko to wake up from her nap in Chapter 1?
(a) Cherry blossom petals fall on her.
(b) She hears crashing thunder.
(c) The telephone rings.
(d) She smells gas.

5. What special object does Yuki carry with her to the wedding?
(a) A white bead purse that her mother made for her.
(b) A pearl from her mother's hair comb.
(c) A candle.
(d) A lucky penny.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Shizuko standing on her tiptoes in the wedding photo that Yuki carries with her?

2. Why is Shizuko impressed by Yuki?

3. Which of the following events takes place at the end of Chapter 1?

4. According to Shizuko, why didn't Hideki cry at his mother's funeral?

5. Why does Sachiko decide she does not want to call the boy on the train?

(see the answer key)

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