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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Autumn: October, 1938.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the person who meets Stephen at the train station in Tarumi?
(a) Pie.
(b) Matsu.
(c) King.
(d) Henry.

2. What does Stephen's mother recommend in her May, 1938 letter to him?
(a) That Pie should go to Tarumi.
(b) That he should return home to China.
(c) That Henry and Anne should go to Tarumi.
(d) That he should stay in Tarumi.

3. What important event occurs at the beginning of Stephen's November journal that leaves him feeling lost?
(a) He discovers a dying part of the garden.
(b) He completes the picture of the painting.
(c) He hears news of the Japanese Army.
(d) He receives a message from his father.

4. Why does Stephen say he feels cheated?
(a) He resents the time spent on rebuilding the houses.
(b) He didn't get to thank Sachi properly for sharing her story.
(c) Matsu interrupted Sachi's story.
(d) He did not get to work in Sachi's garden as planned.

5. How does Sachi respond to the way Matsu and Stephen arrive at her house?
(a) She tells them to come inside.
(b) She smiles, but is confused.
(c) With gratitude.
(d) She laughs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sachi often rearrange the stones in her garden?

2. What dream does Stephen record in his journal?

3. What do the old men that Stephen sees in Tarumi agree upon?

4. What does Stephen think might be the reason that Keiko's father hates him?

5. Who does Keiko say is in the Japanese army?

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