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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. Why does Masa feel she is responsible for another character's fall in Chapter 7?
(a) She had placed the bucket of strawberries right were someone could trip on it.
(b) She had shouted for him to come back inside in a hurry.
(c) She had turned off the light, making it difficult for him to see.
(d) She was angry at him about his diary entry, almost as though her resentment had tripped him.

2. 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 and weave it into her hair.
(c) Pick a blossom, pull off the calyx, blow out the pollen, and taste the inside of the flower.
(d) Pick a blossom, pull off the calyx, and remove the seeds to grow more flowers.

3. In Chapter 4, what does Yuki remove from the refrigerator?
(a) Leftover rice.
(b) Ice water.
(c) An apple.
(d) A glass of orange juice.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Shizuko's dream at the beginning of Chapter 1, who is throwing rice cakes to a crowd?

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

3. Where does the wedding of Hideki and his new bride take place?

4. In Chapter 6, why has Sachiko decided not to go out for cross-country?

5. Why do Yuki and Aunt Aya go to Kobe at the beginning of Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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