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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 14, why does Yuki become a vegetarian?
(a) Lately, Yuki has become ill due to eating bad meat.
(b) There is no reason to kill something that could otherwise live.
(c) There are few meats that Yuki can withstand eating, so she gives it up entirely.
(d) One who eats something should be able to kill it, and Yuki cannot kill anything.

2. What does Takeo dream about in Chapter 14?
(a) The voices of hundreds of school children.
(b) A quiet morning in the mountains.
(c) A garden that is full of dead flowers.
(d) Shizuko coming to tell him that she is all right.

3. During an argument over dinner, what does Hanae accuse Yuki of being?
(a) Close and sly.
(b) Shady and malicious.
(c) Demanding and haughty.
(d) Wasteful and foolish.

4. What does Yuki find at the bottom of the boxes?
(a) Shizuko's letters to Yuki.
(b) Family photographs.
(c) Old tea sets.
(d) Shizuko's jewelry.

5. According to Yuki, what emotion does love bring in the end?
(a) Joy.
(b) Fear.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Surprise.

6. Where does Yuki meet Isamu?
(a) Outside of the boardinghouse.
(b) In a biology classroom.
(c) At the college library.
(d) During an art exhibit.

7. In Chapter 11, what reason does Yuki give for not wanting to fall in love?
(a) There is no time to fall in love with Yuki's busy schedule.
(b) Love often comes to nothing one way or another.
(c) Husbands only ignore their wives.
(d) The children from a marriage are rarely happy.

8. How does Shizuko help the golden carp as a schoolgirl?
(a) She puts the carp in a clean watering pool.
(b) She puts the carp back in the water after it jumps onto land.
(c) She feeds the golden carp in a pond.
(d) She stops a classmate from trying to hurt the carp.

9. In fourth grade, what does Shizuko say about the picture of the emperor?
(a) The picture is very grand and holy.
(b) The colors used in the picture are very bright.
(c) The emperor is a man to be respected.
(d) The emperor has a funny nose and looks silly.

10. What does Mr. Kimura teach when he meets Yuki in Chapter 10?
(a) History.
(b) Literature.
(c) Biology.
(d) Geography.

11. In Chapter 12, what is the first item of clothing that Yuki takes out of the boxes?
(a) Shizuko's favorite green dress.
(b) A skirt that Shizuko made for Yuki.
(c) A pair of knitted mittens.
(d) Shizuko's dark purple kimono.

12. Where does Yuki decide to go to college?
(a) A large art school in Tokyo.
(b) A small art school in Nagasaki.
(c) A national university in Kobe.
(d) Yuki is not going to college this year.

13. What does Yuki tell Hideki and Hanae before leaving for Nagasaki?
(a) She is going to become a famous artist.
(b) She will be writing every month to Hideki.
(c) She feels nothing but disdain for them.
(d) She does not think she will ever come back.

14. In Chapter 12, how does Yuki use the time given to her for a speech about Monet's painting?
(a) She tells the class about why her mother liked the painting.
(b) She explains why the green parasol is beautiful.
(c) She says that the painting is a metaphor for death.
(d) She is silent and does nothing but smile.

15. At the end of Chapter 16, what does Masa do at the open window?
(a) She reaches out to Yuki and smiles.
(b) She spreads out the morning glories on the sill.
(c) She laughs and cries until she aches with joy.
(d) She prays to the ancestors to help her find peace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What emotions does Hideki feel after Yuki leaves for Nagasaki?

2. Why did Shizuko keep all of Yuki's childhood items stored in boxes?

3. In Chapter 10, what does Shizuko tell ten-year-old Yuki about divorced families?

4. Who gives Yuki the letter from her Aunt Aya in the beginning of Chapter 10?

5. How does Yuki spend her lunch recess at school in Chapter 9?

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