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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Select the character who said, "If something happened to you, I would still go on."
(a) Hideki.
(b) Aya.
(c) Yuki.
(d) Shizuko.

2. Select the character below who says, "Promise me you'll stay out of trouble from now on."
(a) Shizuko.
(b) Yuki.
(c) Hideki.
(d) Aya.

3. What does Yuki offer to do when she speaks to Shizuko on the phone in Chapter 1?
(a) Collect cherry blossoms for a wreath.
(b) Come home immediately and fix supper.
(c) Apologize for starting a fight at baseball practice.
(d) Pay her piano teacher.

4. According to Hanae, the attic is full of:
(a) Her off-season clothing.
(b) Evil spirits.
(c) One thousand worthless things saved for Yuki.
(d) Cobwebs and mice.

5. Select the correct sequence of events in Chapter 7 from the list below.
(a) Yuki falls; Masa makes breakfast; Yuki apologizes to Masa; Yuki picks strawberries.
(b) Yuki picks strawberries; Masa makes breakfast; Yuki apologizes to Masa; Masa falls.
(c) Yuki apologizes to Masa; Yuki picks strawberries; Takeo falls; Masa makes breakfast.
(d) Masa makes breakfast; Takeo falls; Yuki picks strawberries; Yuki apologizes to Masa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which fruit does Yuki offer to pick while at her grandparents' home?

2. What daily ritual does Hanae perform?

3. According to Hanae, whenever she goes into the attic, she thinks of:

4. In what month does Chapter 6, Sundays, begin?

5. When Masa asks Yuki to burn incense at the altar and say goodbye to the spirits of her ancestors, why does Yuki refuse to do so?

Short Essay Questions

1. During Takeo's heart attack in Chapter 14, what seems to be his pervading attitude?

2. In what way is Yuki a unique individual? How did she become this way?

3. In Chapter 4, what does Yuki regret saying to Shizuko? Why does she regret this statement?

4. What does Hideki appreciate about the ritual of burning in Chapter 13?

5. What kind of personality does the young Tadashi have? What does he represent?

6. Describe the friendship of Yuki and Sachiko and explain what causes the two to grow apart in the summer of 1971.

7. Why does Yuki sometimes feel angry toward her late mother Shizuko?

8. What are Yuki's feelings about her father's remarriage? How does she make these feelings known on their wedding day?

9. Describe Yuki through Masa's eyes in the beginning of Chapter 14.

10. Name some of the qualities that Yuki shares in common with her late mother Shizuko.

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