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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7 – Yellow Mittens and Early Violets (March 1972).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does the wake take place?
(a) In the village funeral parlor.
(b) In the park where Shizuko loved to catch cherry blossoms.
(c) In Yuki's house.
(d) In Tokyo.

3. To whom does Shizuko write notes in Chapter 1?
(a) Hideki and her mother.
(b) Miss Uozumi and her mother.
(c) Hideki and Yuki.
(d) The village carpenter and Yuki.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In what month does Chapter 6, Sundays, begin?

4. Why does Sachiko decide she does not want to call the boy on the train?

5. Which character is introduced in Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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