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

2. Select the character below who says, "I don't care. I can take care of myself. I'm not afraid of anything."
(a) Hideki.
(b) Aya.
(c) Shizuko.
(d) Yuki.

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

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

5. Why do Yuki and Aunt Aya go to Kobe at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) They are there for Yuki's piano recital. It is Yuki's first recital since her mother's death.
(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 to attend Yuki's grandmother's funeral.
(d) They are there to visit Shizuko's grave. It is the first anniversary of her death.

Short Answer Questions

1. Select the character below who says, "Promise me you'll stay out of trouble from now on."

2. Who writes Yuki a letter in Chapter 4?

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

4. What causes Shizuko to wake up from her nap in Chapter 1?

5. Who comes to watch Yuki run at her junior high track meets?

(see the answer key)

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