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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, 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.

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

3. Why do Yuki and Aunt Aya go to Kobe at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) They are there to attend Yuki's grandmother's funeral.
(b) They are there to attend the wedding of Hideki and his new bride. After the wedding, Yuki will move in with her father and new stepmother.
(c) They are there for Yuki's piano recital. It is Yuki's first recital since her mother's death.
(d) They are there to visit Shizuko's grave. It is the first anniversary of her death.

4. What does Shizuko's mother say the morning of the wake?
(a) "I thought my children would outlive me a long time."
(b) "I am not surprised that she chose to end her own life."
(c) "I always knew she suffered from depression."
(d) "I never knew she suffered from depression."

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 lucky penny.
(d) A candle.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Select the character below who says, "But you'll always beat me."

3. Why does Hideki think they should lie about the way her mother died?

4. Which character is introduced in Chapter 5?

5. What did Shizuko once teach Yuki to do with azaleas?

(see the answer key)

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