View a FREE sample

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. In what year does Yuki's father get remarried?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1970.

2. Select the character below who says, "But you'll always beat me."
(a) Hideki.
(b) Yuki.
(c) Shizuko.
(d) Sachiko.

3. Why is Shizuko impressed by Yuki?
(a) She is impressed because Yuki ran against a boy and became class president, which is very rare.
(b) She is impressed because Yuki can stand on her head.
(c) She is impressed because Yuki doesn't cry when she is in pain.
(d) She is impressed because Yuki is the tallest girl on her track team.

4. Who arrives just as Yuki goes upstairs to change her clothes on the day of the wake?
(a) Miss Uozumi.
(b) Hideki.
(c) The priest.
(d) Shizuko's sister.

5. Why does Yuki apologize to Shizuko in Chapter 4?
(a) Yuki poured chemicals on the irises.
(b) Yuki broke a boy's arm at school.
(c) Yuki spoke impertinently.
(d) Yuki broke the bowl.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which fruit does Yuki offer to pick while at her grandparents' home?

2. What does Shizuko's mother say the morning of the wake?

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

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

5. According to Shizuko, why didn't Hideki cry at his mother's funeral?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 268 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample