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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mr. Kimura marry Aya?
(a) It is a marriage of convenience.
(b) Yuki made Mr. Kimura see why Aya is wonderful.
(c) Aya reminds Mr. Kimura of Shizuko.
(d) Aya makes Mr. Kimura laugh.

2. Who is Mr. Kimura?
(a) He is a friend of Yuki's father.
(b) He is Aya's high school sweetheart.
(c) He is one of Yuki's school teachers.
(d) He went to school with Shizuko.

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

4. According to Hideki, what has he done that is courageous?
(a) He created a trust fund in Yuki's name.
(b) He ignored Hanae when she complained about Yuki.
(c) He apologized to Shizuko's family for any part he played in her suicide.
(d) He returned to work after Shizuko's suicide instead of resigning.

5. In Chapter 11, what reason does Yuki give for not wanting to fall in love?
(a) Love often comes to nothing one way or another.
(b) There is no time to fall in love with Yuki's busy schedule.
(c) The children from a marriage are rarely happy.
(d) Husbands only ignore their wives.

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

7. What reason does Yuki give her teacher for not wanting to dissect a frog?
(a) It is not right to take things apart when one already knows what is inside of them.
(b) She is squeamish and will become sick.
(c) Frogs are innocent creatures.
(d) She is afraid to cut the frog open and find out what is inside of it.

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

9. What does Yuki threaten Mr. Sato with in Chapter 15?
(a) A book.
(b) A fork.
(c) A rock.
(d) A restraining order.

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

11. How much longer does Yuki have until she leaves for Nagasaki?
(a) A week.
(b) Six hours.
(c) Two days.
(d) One day.

12. In Chapter 14, what does Masa believe about becoming an artist?
(a) Artists must work hard to find inspiration.
(b) The only good type of art is painting.
(c) The great artists do not need college, and neither does Yuki.
(d) Artists are lazy people who do not have real work.

13. 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?
(a) Yuki's.
(b) Hanae's.
(c) Shizuko's.
(d) Aya's.

14. Why does Yuki refuse to eat oyster soup for dinner when she is ten?
(a) Yuki becomes ill if she eats seafood.
(b) Yuki believes the oysters were cooked alive.
(c) There is a strange smell coming from the soup.
(d) The oysters will be sandy from the beach.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Yuki's pervading thought when she first learns that Takeo is dead?

2. As Yuki lies down to bed, what is she trying to imagine?

3. At the end of Chapter 9, what is Yuki's reaction to what she has done with the dead frogs?

4. What lesson does Yuki fail to learn from her grandfather?

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

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