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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8 – Grievances (May 1973).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Hanae, what does Yuki do that most Japanese children are taught not to do?
(a) Walk outside after dark.
(b) Clean the house.
(c) Give money to the poor.
(d) Look at adults directly in the eyes.

2. Why does Miss Sakaki send someone to collect leaves outside?
(a) The class is going to create a decoration for the wall.
(b) Miss Sakaki is trying to get Yuki out of the classroom.
(c) The leaves will decorate the students' food platters.
(d) There is one person too many in one of the class groups.

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

4. Why does Sachiko decide she does not want to call the boy on the train?
(a) She would not call a boy she does not know.
(b) She already has a boyfriend.
(c) She thinks her mother would disapprove.
(d) She thinks he is dangerous.

5. While Yuki runs with Sachiko, she remembers an argument with her mother. How did that argument end?
(a) Shizuko laughed, and Yuki did, too.
(b) Yuki slapped Shizuko.
(c) Shizuko slapped Yuki.
(d) Hideki demanded that they apologize and move on.

Short Answer Questions

1. How has Yuki spent her summer Sundays?

2. What does Shizuko pack from her yard to move to the new house?

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

4. What color are the leaves that Yuki collects for her class?

5. In Chapter 4, what does Yuki remove from the refrigerator?

(see the answer key)

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