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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who writes Yuki a letter in Chapter 4?
(a) Miss Uozumi.
(b) Shizuko.
(c) Hideki.
(d) Aya.

2. When Yuki runs in the track meet in Chapter 5, what does she think about?
(a) Yuki thinks about her mother and how it must have been more painful than this to keep going when there's no air.
(b) Yuki thinks about her Aunt Aya and how proud she would be if only she could be here to see her.
(c) Yuki thinks about the flowers in the garden and how they must need watering by now.
(d) Yuki thinks about her father and stepmother and how they hardly ever speak to her.

3. According to Hanae, the attic is full of:
(a) One thousand worthless things saved for Yuki.
(b) Her off-season clothing.
(c) Evil spirits.
(d) Cobwebs and mice.

4. Where does the wake take place?
(a) In Yuki's house.
(b) In Tokyo.
(c) In the village funeral parlor.
(d) In the park where Shizuko loved to catch cherry blossoms.

5. What kind of a student is Yuki?
(a) She is easily the brightest in her class.
(b) She is more of an athlete than a scholar.
(c) She is strong in most subjects except for art.
(d) She struggles to keep up with her lessons.

6. What does Yuki do after changing her clothes on the day of the wake?
(a) She sits on the floor of her closet and cries.
(b) She collects cherry blossoms to place on her mother's coffin.
(c) She goes to Miss Uozumi's house.
(d) She lights a candle and sits at the altar to pray.

7. What does Shizuko pack from her yard to move to the new house?
(a) Bushes.
(b) The garden spade.
(c) The tea table.
(d) Flowers.

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

9. In Chapter 4, what does Yuki remove from the refrigerator?
(a) Leftover rice.
(b) An apple.
(c) A glass of orange juice.
(d) Ice water.

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

11. Select the character below who says, "I'm very competitive. I can't stand losing."
(a) Yuki.
(b) Shizuko.
(c) Sachiko.
(d) Hideki.

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

13. What does Hanae's doctor mean when he tells her it is too late?
(a) She will never again look like a teenager.
(b) She will die soon of cancer; there is no point in pursuing treatment.
(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.

14. Why does Yuki apologize to Masa in Chapter 7?
(a) She has eaten all of the strawberries.
(b) She has forgotten how to pray.
(c) She has broken the glass window screen.
(d) She has been mean to her grandparents.

15. Select the character below who says, "I remember her voice without her body and her body without her voice."
(a) Hideki.
(b) Masa.
(c) Yuki.
(d) Takeo.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month does Chapter 6, Sundays, begin?

2. Which character is introduced at the beginning of Chapter 3?

3. Select the character who said, "If something happened to you, I would still go on."

4. What kind of clothes did Shizuko make for Yuki before she died?

5. How does Hideki behave toward Yuki following Shizuko's death?

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