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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. Which items does Hanae remove from Yuki's room in Chapter 8?
(a) Her old handmade clothes.
(b) Her diariess.
(c) Her stuffed animals.
(d) Her desk drawers.

2. Select the character who said, "If something happened to you, I would still go on."
(a) Hideki.
(b) Shizuko.
(c) Yuki.
(d) Aya.

3. How do some of Yuki's friends in homemaking class fix their poor sewing?
(a) Yuki's friends practice very hard after class.
(b) Yuki is convinced to help her friends straighten their stitches.
(c) The teacher holds a special class for Yuki and her friends.
(d) Yuki's friends convince their mothers to help them.

4. How has Yuki spent her summer Sundays?
(a) Competing in chess championships.
(b) Running with Sachiko.
(c) Watching movies.
(d) Shopping with her stepmother.

5. In Chapter 6, why has Sachiko decided not to go out for cross-country?
(a) She is tutoring other students after school.
(b) She needs to help her mother with housework after school.
(c) She wants to take up horseback riding.
(d) She is playing the lead role in a school play and must rehearse daily.

Short Answer Questions

1. Select the character below who says, "I don't pretend. I hate you."

2. How does Hideki behave toward Yuki following Shizuko's death?

3. According to Shizuko, why didn't Hideki cry at his mother's funeral?

4. What does Yuki do after changing her clothes on the day of the wake?

5. What is the only thing in the kitchen that has not been changed by Yuki's stepmother after she moves into the house?

(see the answer key)

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