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

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

3. What does Yuki think would have happened if she had told the truth about her mother's death to Sachiko and Mrs. Murai?
(a) Yuki thinks they would have offered to drive her to Shizuko's grave.
(b) Yuki thinks that they would have invited her to live in their home.
(c) Yuki thinks that they would have embraced her, praised her for her strength, and invited her to stay for breakfast.
(d) Yuki thinks that they would have politely asked her to leave their home and never come back.

4. Which character is introduced in Chapter 5?
(a) Shizuko.
(b) Sachiko.
(c) Hideki.
(d) Yuki.

5. How old is Yuki in Chapter 1?
(a) Seventeen.
(b) Six.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Twelve.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Yuki apologize to Masa in Chapter 7?

2. According to Shizuko, what is the best kind of pottery?

3. Why does Sachiko decide she does not want to call the boy on the train?

4. Select the character below who says, "But you'll always beat me."

5. At the beginning of Chapter 7, Yuki is visiting her grandparents for the following event:

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Hideki's marriage and his position at work related?

2. Yuki often remembers her mother Shizuko through smells and colors. Describe some of the occasions in Chapter 9 in which Yuki recalls her mother due to these sensory catalysts.

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

4. Why does Takeo believe that he is developing a hearing problem?

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

6. Why does Yuki find herself unable to speak about Monet's painting in front of the class?

7. Why does the living room appear unfamiliar to Yuki on the day of the wake?

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

9. What is the difference between how Yuki's grandmother keeps a house and how Yuki's stepmother keeps a house?

10. Why is Yuki smiling at the end of Chapter 9?

(see the answer keys)

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