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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the beginning of Chapter 13, what reason does Hanae give Hideki for throwing out Shizuko's old things?
(a) They are unsightly and cause Hanae distress.
(b) Yuki did not take them and they are cluttering the attic.
(c) The clothes are ruined, anyway.
(d) Room must be cleared for the new baby.

2. 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) One who eats something should be able to kill it, and Yuki cannot kill anything.
(d) There are few meats that Yuki can withstand eating, so she gives it up entirely.

3. In Yuki's memories, who teaches her about the constellations in the sky?
(a) Shizuko.
(b) Hideki.
(c) Masa.
(d) Takeo.

4. What does Yuki do with the jar of dead frogs?
(a) She hides the jar in one of the school storage closets.
(b) She takes the jar outside and hides it in the woods.
(c) She breaks the jar open on the classroom floor.
(d) She empties the jar outside the window and then fills it with leaves.

5. 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) The countryside she will see outside of the train window as she travels.
(d) How proud Shizuko would be to see her daughter's success.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the beginning of Chapter 12, why does Yuki wait until midnight to sneak into the attic?

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

3. What does the smell of formaldehyde remind Yuki of in Chapter 9?

4. In Chapter 15, what does Isamu tell Yuki as they sit in the garden?

5. In fourth grade, what does Shizuko say about the picture of the emperor?

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