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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which sentence best characterizes Yuki's behavior on the day of the wake?
(a) Yuki has a temper tantrum and is sent to her room.
(b) Yuki cries continuously throughout the day.
(c) Yuki is well-behaved and keeps her composure.
(d) Yuki is happy to finally have all of her father's attention.

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

3. According to Hanae, whenever she goes into the attic, she thinks of:
(a) The fact that this house is way too small for all of her belongings.
(b) The guilt she feels for being so cruel to Yuki.
(c) What a great childhood Yuki must have had.
(d) The eight long years she had spent seeing Hideki in secret.

4. How old is Yuki in Chapter 1?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Seventeen.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Six.

5. What did Shizuko once teach Yuki to do with azaleas?
(a) Pick a blossom and use the pollen as a pigment to make homemade watercolor paint.
(b) Pick a blossom, pull off the calyx, and remove the seeds to grow more flowers.
(c) Pick a blossom, pull off the calyx, blow out the pollen, and taste the inside of the flower.
(d) Pick a blossom and weave it into her hair.

6. What does Shizuko do immediately after her phone call with Yuki in Chapter 1?
(a) She cooks a stew.
(b) She finishes sewing Yuki's new skirt.
(c) She goes into her den and writes goodbye notes.
(d) She cleans her closet.

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

8. What does Yuki recall doing in the living room with Shizuko?
(a) They made flower arrangements.
(b) They sewed clothes.
(c) They toasted rice cakes in the fireplace.
(d) They listened to music, drank tea, and talked.

9. To whom does Shizuko write notes in Chapter 1?
(a) Hideki and her mother.
(b) Hideki and Yuki.
(c) The village carpenter and Yuki.
(d) Miss Uozumi and her mother.

10. Who trips and falls at the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) Takeo.
(b) Masa.
(c) Hanae.
(d) Yuki.

11. What does Hanae's doctor mean when he tells her it is too late?
(a) She will die soon of cancer; there is no point in pursuing treatment.
(b) She will never again look like a teenager.
(c) She can no longer have children; she waited too long to see him.
(d) She will never see again due to her extended exposure to cleaning chemicals.

12. What do Yuki and her Aunt Aya do together just before the wake?
(a) Wash their hair in the kitchen sink.
(b) Clean the living room and drape the furniture in white sheets.
(c) Pack Shizuko's clothes and other belongings.
(d) Take the train from Tokyo to Kobe.

13. According to Shizuko, what is the best kind of pottery?
(a) The kind that you get in China.
(b) The kind covered in flowers.
(c) The kind that you could use every day.
(d) The kind sold at department stores.

14. According to Shizuko, why didn't Hideki cry at his mother's funeral?
(a) He was the black sheep of the family.
(b) He was left out of her will.
(c) He did not love her.
(d) He did not like her very much.

15. Select the character below who says, "But you'll always beat me."
(a) Sachiko.
(b) Shizuko.
(c) Yuki.
(d) Hideki.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Hanae, what does Yuki do that most Japanese children are taught not to do?

2. Select the character below who says, "I don't pretend. I hate you."

3. Why is Shizuko impressed by Yuki?

4. Select the character below who says, "How can I respect someone who was cowardly enough to kill herself?"

5. Which fruit does Yuki offer to pick while at her grandparents' home?

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