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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. When Masa asks Yuki to burn incense at the altar and say goodbye to the spirits of her ancestors, why does Yuki refuse to do so?
(a) Yuki has already completed the ritual in private before her grandparents woke up.
(b) Yuki believes that her ancestors couldn't care less whether she burns incense.
(c) Yuki does not know how to conduct the ritual because her father never taught her properly.
(d) Yuki believes the ritual should only be conducted in a temple.

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

3. In Chapter 6, why has Sachiko decided not to go out for cross-country?
(a) She is tutoring other students after school.
(b) She needs to help her mother with housework after school.
(c) She is playing the lead role in a school play and must rehearse daily.
(d) She wants to take up horseback riding.

4. Why does Yuki's throat feel scratchy in Chapter 7?
(a) She screamed during a motorcycle ride.
(b) She ate strawberries that were unripe.
(c) She is dehydrated from the heat.
(d) She spent the night crying over the memory of her mother.

5. In what month does Chapter 6, Sundays, begin?
(a) October.
(b) March.
(c) June.
(d) September.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Masa, what was Yuki like as a young child?

2. What does Yuki do after changing her clothes on the day of the wake?

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

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

5. What is the only thing in the kitchen that has not been changed by Yuki's stepmother after she moves into the house?

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