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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 – Irises (April 1970).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 1, why is Yuki going to be late for dinner?
(a) She is tutoring students at school.
(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 going to a friend's house to collect flowers.

2. 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 wood floor.
(b) The persimmon-colored tea set inside the glass cabinet.
(c) The curtains.
(d) The porcelain plates and saucers with tiny pink flowers on the rim.

3. To whom does Shizuko write notes in Chapter 1?
(a) Hideki and her mother.
(b) Miss Uozumi and her mother.
(c) The village carpenter and Yuki.
(d) Hideki and Yuki.

4. What does Shizuko do immediately after her phone call with Yuki in Chapter 1?
(a) She goes into her den and writes goodbye notes.
(b) She cleans her closet.
(c) She cooks a stew.
(d) She finishes sewing Yuki's new skirt.

5. What does Yuki recall doing in the living room with Shizuko?
(a) They toasted rice cakes in the fireplace.
(b) They made flower arrangements.
(c) They sewed clothes.
(d) They listened to music, drank tea, and talked.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Shizuko's dream at the beginning of Chapter 1, who is throwing rice cakes to a crowd?

2. What is Yuki's first response when she discovers her mother unconscious?

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

4. Why does Yuki apologize to Shizuko in Chapter 4?

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

(see the answer key)

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