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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. Select the character who said, "If something happened to you, I would still go on."
(a) Shizuko.
(b) Aya.
(c) Yuki.
(d) Hideki.

2. Where is the novel set in Chapter 1?
(a) Kobe.
(b) Tokyo.
(c) Hokkaido.
(d) Osaka.

3. According to Shizuko, what is the best kind of pottery?
(a) The kind that you get in China.
(b) The kind sold at department stores.
(c) The kind that you could use every day.
(d) The kind covered in flowers.

4. In Yuki's memories, who teaches her about the constellations in the sky?
(a) Takeo.
(b) Hideki.
(c) Shizuko.
(d) Masa.

5. How do some of Yuki's friends in homemaking class fix their poor sewing?
(a) Yuki's friends practice very hard after class.
(b) The teacher holds a special class for Yuki and her friends.
(c) Yuki's friends convince their mothers to help them.
(d) Yuki is convinced to help her friends straighten their stitches.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yuki collect along with the leaves for her homemaking class?

2. Select the character below who says, "She has not taught you good manners, it seems."

3. What does Hanae's doctor mean when he tells her it is too late?

4. Why does Yuki refuse to eat oyster soup for dinner when she is ten?

5. What does Yuki recall doing in the living room with Shizuko?

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