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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6 – Sundays (September 1971).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Shizuko's dream at the beginning of Chapter 1, who is throwing rice cakes to a crowd?
(a) Yuki.
(b) Shizuko.
(c) The piano teacher.
(d) The village carpenter.

2. Where is the novel set in Chapter 1?
(a) Kobe.
(b) Tokyo.
(c) Hokkaido.
(d) Osaka.

3. What details are revealed about Shizuko's husband in Chapter 1?
(a) He is devoted to his wife but cold toward Yuki.
(b) He is unfaithful to his wife and too busy to spend time with Yuki.
(c) He is devoted to his wife and a doting father to Yuki.
(d) He is unfaithful to his wife but spends all his free time with Yuki.

4. 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.

5. Who comes to watch Yuki run at her junior high track meets?
(a) Her Aunt Aya.
(b) Her entire family, including her grandmother, Aunt Aya, her father Hideki, and her stepmother.
(c) Nobody from her family ever comes to the meets.
(d) Her father Hideki.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, which room in the house has not changed since Yuki's stepmother moved in?

2. How has Yuki spent her summer Sundays?

3. How does Yuki feel about her father's new bride?

4. When Yuki runs in the track meet in Chapter 5, what does she think about?

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

(see the answer key)

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