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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What lesson does Yuki fail to learn from her grandfather?
(a) How to plant morning glories.
(b) How to write neatly instead of cramped and small.
(c) How to recognize all of the constellations in the sky.
(d) How to be quiet until the world is peaceful.

2. At the end of Chapter 16, what does Masa do at the open window?
(a) She reaches out to Yuki and smiles.
(b) She spreads out the morning glories on the sill.
(c) She prays to the ancestors to help her find peace.
(d) She laughs and cries until she aches with joy.

3. In Chapter 14, why does Yuki become a vegetarian?
(a) One who eats something should be able to kill it, and Yuki cannot kill anything.
(b) Lately, Yuki has become ill due to eating bad meat.
(c) There are few meats that Yuki can withstand eating, so she gives it up entirely.
(d) There is no reason to kill something that could otherwise live.

4. In Chapter 16, what does Tadashi do when Masa asks for his help weeding the garden?
(a) He rolls around in the flowers.
(b) He puts rocks over the weeds.
(c) He yanks out the weeds and the flower blossoms alike.
(d) He buries the frogs from his jar in the dirt.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What emotions does Hideki feel after Yuki leaves for Nagasaki?

3. In Chapter 14, what does Masa believe about becoming an artist?

4. What reason does Yuki give her teacher for not wanting to dissect a frog?

5. In Chapter 12, what is the first item of clothing that Yuki takes out of the boxes?

(see the answer keys)

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