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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 – Pink Trumpets (June 1971).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only thing in the kitchen that has not been changed by Yuki's stepmother after she moves into the house?
(a) The porcelain plates and saucers with tiny pink flowers on the rim.
(b) The curtains.
(c) The persimmon-colored tea set inside the glass cabinet.
(d) The wood floor.

2. What kind of clothes did Shizuko make for Yuki before she died?
(a) Shizuko embroidered butterflies on denim jeans.
(b) Shizuko sewed traditional kimonos in red and green.
(c) Shizuko sewed silk dresses in yellow and white.
(d) Shizuko knitted sweaters in bright red, purple, or turquoise.

3. What does Shizuko's mother say the morning of the wake?
(a) "I thought my children would outlive me a long time."
(b) "I never knew she suffered from depression."
(c) "I am not surprised that she chose to end her own life."
(d) "I always knew she suffered from depression."

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Shizuko impressed by Yuki?

2. In what year does Yuki's father get remarried?

3. Who comes to watch Yuki run at her junior high track meets?

4. What does Shizuko do immediately after her phone call with Yuki in Chapter 1?

5. Which of the following events takes place at the end of Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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