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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. Select the character below who says, "I won't hear about you cutting your hair."
(a) Aya.
(b) Mrs. Murai.
(c) Hideki.
(d) Shizuko.

2. What details are revealed about Shizuko's husband in Chapter 1?
(a) He is unfaithful to his wife and too busy to spend time with Yuki.
(b) He is devoted to his wife but cold toward Yuki.
(c) He is devoted to his wife and a doting father to Yuki.
(d) He is unfaithful to his wife but spends all his free time with Yuki.

3. According to Masa, what was Yuki like as a young child?
(a) Careful and timid.
(b) Quiet and moody.
(c) Cheerful and talkative.
(d) Loving and caring.

4. What does Yuki do with the jar of dead frogs?
(a) She hides the jar in one of the school storage closets.
(b) She empties the jar outside the window and then fills it with leaves.
(c) She breaks the jar open on the classroom floor.
(d) She takes the jar outside and hides it in the woods.

5. What is Yuki's first response when she discovers her mother unconscious?
(a) Yuki cries and collapses onto the floor.
(b) Yuki walks to the living room and plays her mother's favorite song on the piano.
(c) Yuki drops her books, turns off the gas, and calls her father at work.
(d) Yuki runs to the neighbor's house to get help.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Hideki no longer fear what death will be like?

3. In fourth grade, what does Shizuko say about the picture of the emperor?

4. In the beginning of Chapter 11, who is Saburo's wife?

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

(see the answer key)

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