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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. What does Hanae's doctor mean when he tells her it is too late?
(a) She will never see again due to her extended exposure to cleaning chemicals.
(b) She will never again look like a teenager.
(c) She will die soon of cancer; there is no point in pursuing treatment.
(d) She can no longer have children; she waited too long to see him.

2. Who comes to watch Yuki run at her junior high track meets?
(a) Her entire family, including her grandmother, Aunt Aya, her father Hideki, and her stepmother.
(b) Her Aunt Aya.
(c) Her father Hideki.
(d) Nobody from her family ever comes to the meets.

3. When does the wake take place?
(a) A week after Shizuko commits suicide.
(b) A month after Shizuko commits suicide.
(c) The day Shizuko commits suicide.
(d) The day after Shizuko commits suicide.

4. Select the character below who says, "I don't pretend. I hate you."
(a) Masa.
(b) Hanae.
(c) Yuki.
(d) Hideki.

5. Which of the following events takes place at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) Shizuko takes her own life by turning the gas oven on and inhaling the fumes.
(b) She confronts her husband about his infidelity.
(c) She completes her cleaning projects.
(d) She takes Yuki to the doctor to have her knee stitched.

Short Answer Questions

1. While Yuki runs with Sachiko, she remembers an argument with her mother. How did that argument end?

2. What does Yuki recall doing in the living room with Shizuko?

3. Where is Yuki in Chapter 1?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Shizuko wish that she had done differently on the day she decides to take her life?

4. Why does Shizuko leave some of the violas rather than move them to the new house?

5. Why does Mr. Kimura marry Aya? Why does he believe that his reason is not an inappropriate one?

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 event changes Yuki's temperament and attitude toward her grandparents during her visit in March 1972?

8. How does it make Yuki feel as she observes Sachiko interacting with her mother after the track meet?

9. Are Hanae's hostile actions toward Yuki justified in Chapter 8?

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

(see the answer keys)

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