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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 who said, "If something happened to you, I would still go on."
(a) Shizuko.
(b) Yuki.
(c) Hideki.
(d) Aya.

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

3. According to Shizuko, what is the best kind of pottery?
(a) The kind covered in flowers.
(b) The kind that you get in China.
(c) The kind sold at department stores.
(d) The kind that you could use every day.

4. In Chapter 1, why is Yuki going to be late for dinner?
(a) She is waiting for her piano teacher, who is running late.
(b) She got into a fight at baseball practice and injured her knee.
(c) She is tutoring students at school.
(d) She is going to a friend's house to collect flowers.

5. What does Shizuko pack from her yard to move to the new house?
(a) The garden spade.
(b) Bushes.
(c) Flowers.
(d) The tea table.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hideki behave toward Yuki following Shizuko's death?

2. To whom does Shizuko write notes in Chapter 1?

3. What does Yuki wish that she had said to Sachiko and Mrs. Murai about the way her mother died?

4. What does Yuki do after changing her clothes on the day of the wake?

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

(see the answer key)

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