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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the wedding of Hideki and his new bride take place?
(a) A ship anchored in Kobe.
(b) The house where Yuki grew up.
(c) A temple in Tokyo.
(d) A hotel in Kobe.

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

3. Where does Yuki live the first year after Shizuko's death?
(a) In Kobe, with her grandmother.
(b) In the United States, with her father Hideki and stepmother.
(c) In Kobe, with her mother.
(d) In Tokyo, with her Aunt Aya.

4. In what year does Yuki's father get remarried?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1982.

5. For what does Hanae blame Hideki?
(a) He never taught her to drive properly.
(b) He kept a messy home.
(c) He forced her to keep that old teapot.
(d) He allowed her to become a barren woman.

6. What does Shizuko's mother say the morning of the wake?
(a) "I always knew she suffered from depression."
(b) "I am not surprised that she chose to end her own life."
(c) "I never knew she suffered from depression."
(d) "I thought my children would outlive me a long time."

7. Select the character below who says, "Promise me you'll stay out of trouble from now on."
(a) Hideki.
(b) Aya.
(c) Yuki.
(d) Shizuko.

8. While Yuki runs with Sachiko, she remembers an argument with her mother. How did that argument end?
(a) Hideki demanded that they apologize and move on.
(b) Shizuko laughed, and Yuki did, too.
(c) Yuki slapped Shizuko.
(d) Shizuko slapped Yuki.

9. What does Yuki offer to do when she speaks to Shizuko on the phone in Chapter 1?
(a) Collect cherry blossoms for a wreath.
(b) Come home immediately and fix supper.
(c) Apologize for starting a fight at baseball practice.
(d) Pay her piano teacher.

10. In Chapter 4, which room in the house has not changed since Yuki's stepmother moved in?
(a) The living room.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The dining room.
(d) Yuki's room.

11. In Chapter 1, why is Yuki going to be late for dinner?
(a) She is tutoring students at school.
(b) She is going to a friend's house to collect flowers.
(c) She got into a fight at baseball practice and injured her knee.
(d) She is waiting for her piano teacher, who is running late.

12. Who rearranged furniture to prepare for the wake?
(a) Yuki and her aunt.
(b) Yuki and her father.
(c) Yuki's grandmother and aunt.
(d) The men.

13. What special object does Yuki carry with her to the wedding?
(a) A candle.
(b) A white bead purse that her mother made for her.
(c) A lucky penny.
(d) A pearl from her mother's hair comb.

14. In what month does Chapter 6, Sundays, begin?
(a) June.
(b) March.
(c) October.
(d) September.

15. Select the character below who says, "She has not taught you good manners, it seems."
(a) Hideki.
(b) Masa.
(c) Hanae.
(d) Aya.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Hideki's bride wear to the wedding ceremony?

3. How has Yuki spent her summer Sundays?

4. Which character is introduced in Chapter 5?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 7, Yuki is visiting her grandparents for the following event:

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