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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13 – Silent Spring (March 1975).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Select the character who said, "If something happened to you, I would still go on."
(a) Hideki.
(b) Aya.
(c) Shizuko.
(d) Yuki.

2. What is one of Takeo's best memories?
(a) Learning to ride a bicycle.
(b) Watching the stars with Yuki.
(c) Drinking tea with his grandchildren.
(d) Planting morning glories for Masa.

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

4. In Chapter 4, which room in the house has not changed since Yuki's stepmother moved in?
(a) The dining room.
(b) The living room.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) Yuki's room.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What color are the leaves that Yuki collects for her class?

2. What details are revealed about Shizuko's husband in Chapter 1?

3. What does Yuki wish that she had said to Sachiko and Mrs. Murai about the way her mother died?

4. Why does Hideki think they should lie about the way her mother died?

5. Why does Miss Sakaki send someone to collect leaves outside?

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