1. Why does Yuki refuse to eat oyster soup for dinner when she is ten?
(a) Yuki becomes ill if she eats seafood.
(b) There is a strange smell coming from the soup.
(c) Yuki believes the oysters were cooked alive.
(d) The oysters will be sandy from the beach.

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

3. What causes Shizuko to wake up from her nap in Chapter 1?
(a) Cherry blossom petals fall on her.
(b) She smells gas.
(c) She hears crashing thunder.
(d) The telephone rings.

4. Why is Shizuko standing on her tiptoes in the wedding photo that Yuki carries with her?
(a) She thought she would look thinner if she stood on her tiptoes.
(b) She is so short that Hideki looked like a giant next to her unless she stood on her tiptoes.
(c) Her dress had beadwork on the waist and the photographer asked her to stand taller so he could capture it.
(d) Her dress was too long and she did not want the hem to show.

5. When Yuki runs in the track meet in Chapter 5, what does she think about?
(a) Yuki thinks about the flowers in the garden and how they must need watering by now.
(b) Yuki thinks about her Aunt Aya and how proud she would be if only she could be here to see her.
(c) Yuki thinks about her father and stepmother and how they hardly ever speak to her.
(d) Yuki thinks about her mother and how it must have been more painful than this to keep going when there's no air.