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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Autumn: October 1937.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who accompanies Stephen home from Canton?
(a) His mother.
(b) Henry.
(c) No one.
(d) King.

2. What does Stephen's father promise to send him?
(a) Newspapers.
(b) Paints.
(c) Canvases.
(d) A Letter.

3. What two people do Stephen and his father discuss shortly before his father's departure?
(a) Matsu and Matsu's sister.
(b) Pie and Keiko.
(c) King and Stephen's mother.
(d) Henry and Anne.

4. How does his father's departure affect Stephen?
(a) He is more confused than ever.
(b) He is determined to heal.
(c) He is sadder than ever.
(d) He is determined to paint.

5. Who is Keiko with when Stephen first sees her?
(a) An unidentified woman.
(b) Her sister.
(c) No one.
(d) Her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Stephen describe the houses in the village of Yamaguchi?

2. Why does Stephen call the person he meets in Yamaguchi a kindred spirit?

3. What is Stephen's reaction to his father's visit to Tamuri in October of 1937?

4. What gift does Matsu give Stephen after the visit to Yamaguchi?

5. What are described as the symptoms of the illness which affects Stephen's family?

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