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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. Who rearranged furniture to prepare for the wake?
(a) The men.
(b) Yuki and her father.
(c) Yuki and her aunt.
(d) Yuki's grandmother and aunt.

2. Who arrives just as Yuki goes upstairs to change her clothes on the day of the wake?
(a) Hideki.
(b) The priest.
(c) Miss Uozumi.
(d) Shizuko's sister.

3. Which sentence best characterizes Yuki's behavior on the day of the wake?
(a) Yuki has a temper tantrum and is sent to her room.
(b) Yuki cries continuously throughout the day.
(c) Yuki is happy to finally have all of her father's attention.
(d) Yuki is well-behaved and keeps her composure.

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

5. Why does Yuki feel queasy on the day of the wedding?
(a) She is queasy from the boat ride from Tokyo.
(b) She is queasy from the smell of her mother's perfume.
(c) She is queasy from the sake.
(d) She is queasy from the train ride from Tokyo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the wake take place?

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

3. Where does the wedding of Hideki and his new bride take place?

4. What does Yuki recall doing in the living room with Shizuko?

5. Which character is introduced at the beginning of Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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