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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. Why does Yuki apologize to Shizuko in Chapter 4?
(a) Yuki broke a boy's arm at school.
(b) Yuki broke the bowl.
(c) Yuki poured chemicals on the irises.
(d) Yuki spoke impertinently.

2. Who rearranged furniture to prepare for the wake?
(a) Yuki and her father.
(b) Yuki's grandmother and aunt.
(c) The men.
(d) Yuki and her aunt.

3. What is Yuki's first response when she discovers her mother unconscious?
(a) Yuki drops her books, turns off the gas, and calls her father at work.
(b) Yuki cries and collapses onto the floor.
(c) Yuki runs to the neighbor's house to get help.
(d) Yuki walks to the living room and plays her mother's favorite song on the piano.

4. What does Yuki recall doing in the living room with Shizuko?
(a) They made flower arrangements.
(b) They sewed clothes.
(c) They toasted rice cakes in the fireplace.
(d) They listened to music, drank tea, and talked.

5. Select the character below who says, "You won't even let me rest."
(a) Yuki's stepmother.
(b) Shizuko.
(c) Sachiko.
(d) Hideki.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who trips and falls at the beginning of Chapter 7?

2. What does Hanae's doctor mean when he tells her it is too late?

3. Where does the wake take place?

4. What special object does Yuki carry with her to the wedding?

5. What details are revealed about Shizuko's husband in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is it important to Yuki to transport the flowers from the old house to the new house?

2. Is Yuki pleased with the changes that Yuki's stepmother makes to the family home? Why or why not?

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

4. Describe how Mr. Kimura appears to ten-year-old Yuki.

5. What happens at the end of Chapter 2 after Yuki changes her clothes for the wake?

6. In the beginning of Chapter 9, Yuki is thinking about her attempt to convince Mr. Wada that she cannot dissect a frog. What reasons does she give Mr. Wada for being unable to complete the lab activity?

7. What are Hanae's views on housekeeping? How do her views seem to differ from Shizuko's?

8. Is Yuki tomboyish or does she behave more feminine during her childhood and early teens?

9. Why does her Aunt Aya compliment Yuki on the day of the wake?

10. What kind of relationship does Shizuko have with her daughter Yuki?

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