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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13 – Silent Spring (March 1975).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Takeo dream about in Chapter 14?
(a) Shizuko coming to tell him that she is all right.
(b) The voices of hundreds of school children.
(c) A garden that is full of dead flowers.
(d) A quiet morning in the mountains.

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

3. Which character is introduced at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Yuki's Aunt Aya.
(b) Hideki's bride.
(c) Yuki's grandmother Masa.
(d) Yuki's father, Hideki.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 9, what does Yuki paint after her first homemaking class?

2. Why does Yuki apologize to Shizuko in Chapter 4?

3. In Chapter 1, why is Yuki going to be late for dinner?

4. Where does the wedding of Hideki and his new bride take place?

5. Who gives Yuki the letter from her Aunt Aya in the beginning of Chapter 10?

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