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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10 – The Golden Carp (August 1974).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Mr. Kimura?
(a) He went to school with Shizuko.
(b) He is one of Yuki's school teachers.
(c) He is Aya's high school sweetheart.
(d) He is a friend of Yuki's father.

2. What do Yuki and her Aunt Aya do together just before the wake?
(a) Take the train from Tokyo to Kobe.
(b) Pack Shizuko's clothes and other belongings.
(c) Wash their hair in the kitchen sink.
(d) Clean the living room and drape the furniture in white sheets.

3. Why does Miss Sakaki send someone to collect leaves outside?
(a) The class is going to create a decoration for the wall.
(b) Miss Sakaki is trying to get Yuki out of the classroom.
(c) There is one person too many in one of the class groups.
(d) The leaves will decorate the students' food platters.

4. Why does Yuki want to go to a college far away from her house?
(a) Yuki wants to move away from her father and stepmother.
(b) The admissions process is easier.
(c) There are no good colleges in the local area.
(d) Yuki would like to settle in a new, exciting area.

5. No matter how much she looks, what can Hanae never find in Yuki's room?
(a) A spot of dust.
(b) The key to Yuki's diary.
(c) The birthday presents hidden in there.
(d) The keys to Yuki's desk drawers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Yuki's throat feel scratchy in Chapter 7?

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

3. What does Yuki wish that she had said to Sachiko and Mrs. Murai about the way her mother died?

4. Where is the novel set in Chapter 1?

5. 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?

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