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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12 – Gladioli (March 1975).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Etsuko preparing in the kitchen that Yuki will be unable to eat?
(a) Clams in their shells.
(b) Boiled quail eggs.
(c) Fish.
(d) Shrimp.

3. What kind of a student is Yuki?
(a) She is more of an athlete than a scholar.
(b) She is strong in most subjects except for art.
(c) She struggles to keep up with her lessons.
(d) She is easily the brightest in her class.

4. What does Hanae's doctor mean when he tells her it is too late?
(a) She will never see again due to her extended exposure to cleaning chemicals.
(b) She will never again look like a teenager.
(c) She can no longer have children; she waited too long to see him.
(d) She will die soon of cancer; there is no point in pursuing treatment.

5. Why is Shizuko standing on her tiptoes in the wedding photo that Yuki carries with her?
(a) She is so short that Hideki looked like a giant next to her unless she stood on her tiptoes.
(b) She thought she would look thinner if she stood on her tiptoes.
(c) Her dress had beadwork on the waist and the photographer asked her to stand taller so he could capture it.
(d) Her dress was too long and she did not want the hem to show.

Short Answer Questions

1. How has Yuki spent her summer Sundays?

2. In Yuki's memories, who teaches her about the constellations in the sky?

3. Select the character who said, "If something happened to you, I would still go on."

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

5. What does Yuki do with Mr. Kimura's business card?

(see the answer key)

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