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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What emotions does Hideki feel after Yuki leaves for Nagasaki?
(a) Longing and sadness.
(b) Displeasure and anger.
(c) Pride and affection.
(d) Guilt, annoyance, and relief.

2. In Chapter 11, how does Yuki offend her grandparents during dinner?
(a) She does not have proper table manners.
(b) She shows a lack of respect to her father and stepmother.
(c) She is rude to her grandfather.
(d) She ignores Mr. Kimura the entire meal.

3. At the end of Chapter 12, what does Yuki believe she is leaving behind as she moves to Nagasaki?
(a) Empty spaces.
(b) Memories of Shizuko.
(c) The garden Shizuko loved.
(d) The only place Yuki calls home.

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

5. In Chapter 16, what does Masa find on the window screen of the house?
(a) A white cicada.
(b) A purple butterfly.
(c) A young frog.
(d) A tiny caterpillar.

6. What does the smell of formaldehyde remind Yuki of in Chapter 9?
(a) The dark room where Yuki creates photographs.
(b) Cleaning products.
(c) Chemistry class.
(d) Shizuko's cremation.

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

8. Why does Tadashi initially refuse to play on the slide?
(a) There is a puddle of water at the base of the slide.
(b) He is too big and the wood will give him splinters.
(c) The slide has rotted through on the bottom.
(d) Etsuko never lets him use wooden playground equipment.

9. At the end of Chapter 16, what does Masa do at the open window?
(a) She reaches out to Yuki and smiles.
(b) She spreads out the morning glories on the sill.
(c) She prays to the ancestors to help her find peace.
(d) She laughs and cries until she aches with joy.

10. Where does Yuki decide to go to college?
(a) Yuki is not going to college this year.
(b) A large art school in Tokyo.
(c) A small art school in Nagasaki.
(d) A national university in Kobe.

11. In Chapter 11, who thus far is the only person Yuki daydreams about?
(a) The boys at school.
(b) Mariko.
(c) Sachiko.
(d) The boy who works at the library.

12. In Chapter 10, why is Yuki unable to sleep the night Mr. Kimura visits the house?
(a) She can hear Mr. Kimura and Shizuko talking too loudly.
(b) She is worried about a swimming competition.
(c) She feels ill from the sandwich she had for dinner.
(d) She cannot stop thinking about divorce.

13. In Chapter 15, what does Isamu tell Yuki as they sit in the garden?
(a) Masa is strong enough to move on from Takeo's death.
(b) Yuki's photographs are beautiful.
(c) Things will work out.
(d) There is nothing ugly about this world.

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

15. In Chapter 11, how has Yuki's grandfather changed since she last saw him?
(a) He smiles more often.
(b) He is in a wheelchair.
(c) He does not speak to anyone.
(d) He is slower to speak and move.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Yuki, what emotion does love bring in the end?

2. What does Mr. Kimura teach when he meets Yuki in Chapter 10?

3. Why does Mr. Kimura marry Aya?

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

5. In Chapter 13, when Hideki notes that there is much to be said for great love and loyalty, whose love and loyalty does he refer to?

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