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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11 – Winter Sky (February 1975).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Etsuko preparing in the kitchen that Yuki will be unable to eat?
(a) Boiled quail eggs.
(b) Shrimp.
(c) Clams in their shells.
(d) Fish.

2. What is the only thing in the kitchen that has not been changed by Yuki's stepmother after she moves into the house?
(a) The curtains.
(b) The persimmon-colored tea set inside the glass cabinet.
(c) The wood floor.
(d) The porcelain plates and saucers with tiny pink flowers on the rim.

3. At the beginning of Chapter 7, Yuki is visiting her grandparents for the following event:
(a) She is competing in the track team's national championship.
(b) A ceremony commemorating her grandparents' fiftieth anniversary.
(c) A ceremony commemorating the third anniversary of her mother's death.
(d) A traditional housewarming celebration.

4. In the beginning of Chapter 11, who is Saburo's wife?
(a) Sachiko.
(b) Etsuko.
(c) Aya.
(d) Miyako.

5. What color are the leaves that Yuki collects for her class?
(a) Red.
(b) Brown.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Green.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Yuki do with Mr. Kimura's business card?

3. Why does Masa feel she is responsible for another character's fall in Chapter 7?

4. What does Yuki tell Hideki and Hanae before leaving for Nagasaki?

5. In Chapter 6, why has Sachiko decided not to go out for cross-country?

(see the answer key)

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