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

2. What kind of clothes did Shizuko make for Yuki before she died?
(a) Shizuko sewed silk dresses in yellow and white.
(b) Shizuko embroidered butterflies on denim jeans.
(c) Shizuko sewed traditional kimonos in red and green.
(d) Shizuko knitted sweaters in bright red, purple, or turquoise.

3. What did Shizuko once teach Yuki to do with azaleas?
(a) Pick a blossom and use the pollen as a pigment to make homemade watercolor paint.
(b) Pick a blossom, pull off the calyx, blow out the pollen, and taste the inside of the flower.
(c) Pick a blossom, pull off the calyx, and remove the seeds to grow more flowers.
(d) Pick a blossom and weave it into her hair.

4. When does the wake take place?
(a) The day after Shizuko commits suicide.
(b) A week after Shizuko commits suicide.
(c) A month after Shizuko commits suicide.
(d) The day Shizuko commits suicide.

5. What does Sachiko invite Yuki to do at the track meet?
(a) Meet in a park and run together.
(b) Go watch a movie.
(c) Go shopping at the mall.
(d) Plant azaleas.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Yuki feel queasy on the day of the wedding?

3. What kind of a student is Yuki?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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