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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Shizuko keep all of Yuki's childhood items stored in boxes?
(a) To keep Yuki's things from becoming damaged.
(b) Someday, Yuki may have a daughter who needs these items.
(c) Yuki's things get in the way downstairs.
(d) So that Shizuko and Yuki could look at the items when they are older.

2. In Chapter 16, what does Tadashi do when Masa asks for his help weeding the garden?
(a) He rolls around in the flowers.
(b) He yanks out the weeds and the flower blossoms alike.
(c) He buries the frogs from his jar in the dirt.
(d) He puts rocks over the weeds.

3. In Chapter 16, where does Masa sleep after Takeo's death?
(a) A guest bedroom.
(b) Takeo's study.
(c) The library.
(d) The living room.

4. What are the first items from Shizuko's storage boxes that Hideki burns in Chapter 13?
(a) Kimonos and handkerchiefs.
(b) Sketches of the mountains.
(c) Watercolor paintings from Yuki's childhood.
(d) Folders filled with papers and photographs.

5. What does Yuki find at the bottom of the boxes?
(a) Shizuko's letters to Yuki.
(b) Family photographs.
(c) Shizuko's jewelry.
(d) Old tea sets.

6. Why does Miss Sakaki send someone to collect leaves outside?
(a) The leaves will decorate the students' food platters.
(b) There is one person too many in one of the class groups.
(c) The class is going to create a decoration for the wall.
(d) Miss Sakaki is trying to get Yuki out of the classroom.

7. In the beginning of Chapter 11, who is Saburo's wife?
(a) Sachiko.
(b) Miyako.
(c) Aya.
(d) Etsuko.

8. Why is Hideki going to allow Yuki to attend her Aunt Aya's wedding?
(a) Hanae would like Yuki out of the house for a few days.
(b) Yuki will break things in the house if she is not allowed to go.
(c) Hideki is still good friends with Aya, despite the past.
(d) Hideki owes Aya a favor for taking care of Yuki for a year.

9. How do some of Yuki's friends in homemaking class fix their poor sewing?
(a) Yuki's friends practice very hard after class.
(b) The teacher holds a special class for Yuki and her friends.
(c) Yuki's friends convince their mothers to help them.
(d) Yuki is convinced to help her friends straighten their stitches.

10. What emotion does Masa always recognize in Yuki's face in Chapter 14?
(a) Patience.
(b) Frustration.
(c) Anger.
(d) Happiness.

11. How does Shizuko help the golden carp as a schoolgirl?
(a) She puts the carp in a clean watering pool.
(b) She feeds the golden carp in a pond.
(c) She stops a classmate from trying to hurt the carp.
(d) She puts the carp back in the water after it jumps onto land.

12. At the end of Chapter 10, what does Yuki believe Shizuko would have wished for if given the chance?
(a) Money to pay off family debts.
(b) A good future for Yuki.
(c) Someone to love.
(d) A house with Mr. Kimura.

13. What does Mr. Kimura teach when he meets Yuki in Chapter 10?
(a) Literature.
(b) Biology.
(c) Geography.
(d) History.

14. In Chapter 12, what is the first item of clothing that Yuki takes out of the boxes?
(a) A pair of knitted mittens.
(b) Shizuko's dark purple kimono.
(c) A skirt that Shizuko made for Yuki.
(d) Shizuko's favorite green dress.

15. In Chapter 14, why does Yuki become a vegetarian?
(a) Lately, Yuki has become ill due to eating bad meat.
(b) There is no reason to kill something that could otherwise live.
(c) There are few meats that Yuki can withstand eating, so she gives it up entirely.
(d) One who eats something should be able to kill it, and Yuki cannot kill anything.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Shizuko's death, Masa begins to plant more:

2. In Chapter 12, how does Yuki use the time given to her for a speech about Monet's painting?

3. What is Etsuko preparing in the kitchen that Yuki will be unable to eat?

4. During an argument over dinner, what does Hanae accuse Yuki of being?

5. Why does Hideki no longer fear what death will be like?

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