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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes Shizuko to wake up from her nap in Chapter 1?
(a) Cherry blossom petals fall on her.
(b) The telephone rings.
(c) She hears crashing thunder.
(d) She smells gas.

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

3. Which character is introduced in Chapter 5?
(a) Shizuko.
(b) Hideki.
(c) Sachiko.
(d) Yuki.

4. What daily ritual does Hanae perform?
(a) She cleans the house.
(b) She runs in the park.
(c) She crashes the car into the mailbox.
(d) She does yoga on the porch.

5. What are some of the things that Yuki does that are deserving of praise?
(a) Wins track meets and serves as class president.
(b) Cleans the house and tends the garden.
(c) Wins piano competitions and chess championships.
(d) Wins spelling bees and serves as class treasurer.

6. Why do Yuki and Aunt Aya go to Kobe at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) They are there to visit Shizuko's grave. It is the first anniversary of her death.
(b) They are there to attend the wedding of Hideki and his new bride. After the wedding, Yuki will move in with her father and new stepmother.
(c) They are there to attend Yuki's grandmother's funeral.
(d) They are there for Yuki's piano recital. It is Yuki's first recital since her mother's death.

7. According to Hanae, what does Yuki do that most Japanese children are taught not to do?
(a) Look at adults directly in the eyes.
(b) Give money to the poor.
(c) Walk outside after dark.
(d) Clean the house.

8. Why does her Aunt Aya ask Yuki to change her clothes before the wake?
(a) Aya thinks that Yuki's dress is too tight.
(b) Aya thinks that Yuki's dress is too short.
(c) Aya thinks that Yuki's dress is not dark enough.
(d) Aya thinks that Shizuko would not have approved of Yuki's dress.

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

10. What does Yuki think would have happened if she had told the truth about her mother's death to Sachiko and Mrs. Murai?
(a) Yuki thinks that they would have politely asked her to leave their home and never come back.
(b) Yuki thinks that they would have embraced her, praised her for her strength, and invited her to stay for breakfast.
(c) Yuki thinks that they would have invited her to live in their home.
(d) Yuki thinks they would have offered to drive her to Shizuko's grave.

11. 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 goes to Miss Uozumi's house.
(c) She lights a candle and sits at the altar to pray.
(d) She collects cherry blossoms to place on her mother's coffin.

12. Why does Yuki apologize to Shizuko in Chapter 4?
(a) Yuki broke a boy's arm at school.
(b) Yuki broke the bowl.
(c) Yuki spoke impertinently.
(d) Yuki poured chemicals on the irises.

13. Why is Shizuko impressed by Yuki?
(a) She is impressed because Yuki ran against a boy and became class president, which is very rare.
(b) She is impressed because Yuki is the tallest girl on her track team.
(c) She is impressed because Yuki can stand on her head.
(d) She is impressed because Yuki doesn't cry when she is in pain.

14. What does Yuki wish that she had said to Sachiko and Mrs. Murai about the way her mother died?
(a) That her mother died after falling down the stairs.
(b) That her mother died of a broken heart.
(c) That her mother died of cancer.
(d) That her mother died because she was unhappy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. While Yuki runs with Sachiko, she remembers an argument with her mother. How did that argument end?

2. Where does Yuki live the first year after Shizuko's death?

3. Why does Hideki think they should lie about the way her mother died?

4. Select the character below who says, "She has not taught you good manners, it seems."

5. How does it make Hanae feel when she receives compliments from others about Yuki?

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