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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Hanae decide to keep the persimmon teapot in the kitchen?
(a) She thinks it makes the best cup of tea.
(b) She knows it holds sentimental value for Hideki.
(c) She does not want to add to the collection of things in the attic to be saved for Yuki.
(d) She thinks it is the most beautiful work of artistry she has ever seen.

2. Why does Hideki think they should lie about the way her mother died?
(a) If they admitted the truth, people would say that she came from a mentally unstable family.
(b) If they admitted the truth, people would think Hideki's infidelity had caused Shizuko to kill herself.
(c) If they admitted the truth, nobody would want to come to their home.
(d) If they admitted the truth, people would feel pity for them.

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

4. What does Sachiko invite Yuki to do at the track meet?
(a) Go watch a movie.
(b) Plant azaleas.
(c) Meet in a park and run together.
(d) Go shopping at the mall.

5. On her last visit to Sachiko's house, what tree is in flower?
(a) A lilac tree.
(b) A cherry tree.
(c) A pomegranate tree.
(d) A chestnut tree.

6. Select the character below who says, "How can I respect someone who was cowardly enough to kill herself?"
(a) Masa.
(b) Yuki.
(c) Hideki.
(d) Hanae.

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

8. Why is Shizuko standing on her tiptoes in the wedding photo that Yuki carries with her?
(a) She is so short that Hideki looked like a giant next to her unless she stood on her tiptoes.
(b) She thought she would look thinner if she stood on her tiptoes.
(c) Her dress had beadwork on the waist and the photographer asked her to stand taller so he could capture it.
(d) Her dress was too long and she did not want the hem to show.

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

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

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

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

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

14. According to Hanae, whenever she goes into the attic, she thinks of:
(a) What a great childhood Yuki must have had.
(b) The guilt she feels for being so cruel to Yuki.
(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.

15. Which of the following events takes place at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) Shizuko takes her own life by turning the gas oven on and inhaling the fumes.
(b) She takes Yuki to the doctor to have her knee stitched.
(c) She confronts her husband about his infidelity.
(d) She completes her cleaning projects.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Yuki in Chapter 1?

3. Who rearranged furniture to prepare for the wake?

4. According to Yuki, what does Hideki think about clothes and makeup?

5. Select the correct sequence of events in Chapter 7 from the list below.

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