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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the cause of Takeo's death in Chapter 14?
(a) A heart attack.
(b) A tumor.
(c) A stroke.
(d) Heatstroke.

2. Why does Aya want Yuki to come to her wedding?
(a) Yuki is the reason Aya met her husband-to-be, Mr. Kimura.
(b) Mr. Kimura requested that Yuki come to the wedding.
(c) Aya has a special present that she would like to give Yuki.
(d) Yuki should see how a proper wedding looks.

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

4. Why does Tadashi initially refuse to play on the slide?
(a) Etsuko never lets him use wooden playground equipment.
(b) There is a puddle of water at the base of the slide.
(c) The slide has rotted through on the bottom.
(d) He is too big and the wood will give him splinters.

5. What does the smell of formaldehyde remind Yuki of in Chapter 9?
(a) Chemistry class.
(b) Cleaning products.
(c) The dark room where Yuki creates photographs.
(d) Shizuko's cremation.

6. As Yuki lies down to bed, what is she trying to imagine?
(a) The paintings that she will create in college.
(b) The boxes that are in the attic.
(c) How proud Shizuko would be to see her daughter's success.
(d) The countryside she will see outside of the train window as she travels.

7. In Chapter 15, how does Hideki discover that Takeo has died?
(a) Saburo sends Hideki a telegram.
(b) Yuki calls Hideki to tell him the news.
(c) Hideki reads about Takeo's death in the newspaper.
(d) Masa writes Hideki a letter.

8. In the beginning of Chapter 12, why does Yuki wait until midnight to sneak into the attic?
(a) She wants to wait until her father and stepmother are asleep.
(b) The attic door is always locked and she must steal the key.
(c) She is ashamed of her actions.
(d) The attic is too hot during the day to enter.

9. In Chapter 14, what does Masa believe about becoming an artist?
(a) The great artists do not need college, and neither does Yuki.
(b) The only good type of art is painting.
(c) Artists must work hard to find inspiration.
(d) Artists are lazy people who do not have real work.

10. Why does Yuki want to go to a college far away from her house?
(a) There are no good colleges in the local area.
(b) Yuki would like to settle in a new, exciting area.
(c) The admissions process is easier.
(d) Yuki wants to move away from her father and stepmother.

11. 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.

12. At the end of Chapter 10, what does Yuki believe Shizuko would have wished for if given the chance?
(a) Money to pay off family debts.
(b) A house with Mr. Kimura.
(c) A good future for Yuki.
(d) Someone to love.

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

14. 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 prays to the ancestors to help her find peace.
(d) She laughs and cries until she aches with joy.

15. At the end of Chapter 9, what is Yuki's reaction to what she has done with the dead frogs?
(a) She feels ashamed.
(b) She smiles.
(c) She becomes ill.
(d) She becomes angry with herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yuki find at the bottom of the boxes?

2. In Chapter 16, where does Masa sleep after Takeo's death?

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

4. In Chapter 13, when Hideki notes that there is much to be said for great love and loyalty, whose love and loyalty does he refer to?

5. After Shizuko's death, Masa begins to plant more:

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