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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. Select the character below who says, "Promise me you'll stay out of trouble from now on."
(a) Shizuko.
(b) Yuki.
(c) Hideki.
(d) Aya.

2. Select the character below who says, "If you can't do it without being told, then just try not to get in my way."
(a) Yuki.
(b) Yuki's Aunt Aya.
(c) Yuki's father Hideki.
(d) Yuki's stepmother.

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

4. According to Shizuko, why didn't Hideki cry at his mother's funeral?
(a) He was left out of her will.
(b) He did not like her very much.
(c) He was the black sheep of the family.
(d) He did not love her.

5. Which of the following events takes place at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) She completes her cleaning projects.
(b) Shizuko takes her own life by turning the gas oven on and inhaling the fumes.
(c) She takes Yuki to the doctor to have her knee stitched.
(d) She confronts her husband about his infidelity.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Shizuko impressed by Yuki?

3. How old is Yuki in Chapter 1?

4. Where does the wake take place?

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

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