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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 – Tiptoes (April 1970).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 1, why is Yuki going to be late for dinner?
(a) She is going to a friend's house to collect flowers.
(b) She is waiting for her piano teacher, who is running late.
(c) She got into a fight at baseball practice and injured her knee.
(d) She is tutoring students at school.

2. Which character is introduced at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Yuki's father, Hideki.
(b) Hideki's bride.
(c) Yuki's Aunt Aya.
(d) Yuki's grandmother Masa.

3. Where is Yuki in Chapter 1?
(a) A village celebration.
(b) Miss Uozumi's house.
(c) School.
(d) A friend's house.

4. What causes Shizuko to wake up from her nap in Chapter 1?
(a) She smells gas.
(b) Cherry blossom petals fall on her.
(c) The telephone rings.
(d) She hears crashing thunder.

5. What does Yuki do after changing her clothes on the day of the wake?
(a) She goes to Miss Uozumi's house.
(b) She collects cherry blossoms to place on her mother's coffin.
(c) She lights a candle and sits at the altar to pray.
(d) She sits on the floor of her closet and cries.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the large earthenware bowl during the wedding ceremony of Hideki and his new bride?

2. Why do Yuki and Aunt Aya go to Kobe at the beginning of Chapter 3?

3. According to Yuki, what does Hideki think about clothes and makeup?

4. Why does her Aunt Aya ask Yuki to change her clothes before the wake?

5. Why does Yuki feel queasy on the day of the wedding?

(see the answer key)

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