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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. Where is the novel set in Chapter 1?
(a) Tokyo.
(b) Kobe.
(c) Osaka.
(d) Hokkaido.

2. How has Yuki spent her summer Sundays?
(a) Running with Sachiko.
(b) Shopping with her stepmother.
(c) Watching movies.
(d) Competing in chess championships.

3. While Yuki runs with Sachiko, she remembers an argument with her mother. How did that argument end?
(a) Yuki slapped Shizuko.
(b) Shizuko laughed, and Yuki did, too.
(c) Hideki demanded that they apologize and move on.
(d) Shizuko slapped Yuki.

4. What is Yuki's school grade level in Chapter 5?
(a) Eighth.
(b) Ninth.
(c) Sixth
(d) First.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Shizuko pack from her yard to move to the new house?

2. What does Yuki think would have happened if she had told the truth about her mother's death to Sachiko and Mrs. Murai?

3. What does Shizuko's mother say the morning of the wake?

4. What does Shizuko do immediately after her phone call with Yuki in Chapter 1?

5. Who rearranged furniture to prepare for the wake?

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