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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Stephen's first impression of the person who meets him at the station?
(a) That he yearns for company.
(b) That he has a secret.
(c) That he enjoys solitude.
(d) That he is an angry man.

2. Who is there when Stephen regains consciousness after being hit by the wave?
(a) Keiko.
(b) Kenzo.
(c) Sachi.
(d) His father.

3. What gift does Matsu give Stephen after the visit to Yamaguchi?
(a) Part of the garden.
(b) A traditional garment.
(c) A set of expensive paint brushes.
(d) A new canvas.

4. What does Stephen learn during his father's second visit, which occurs in December of 1937?
(a) That his father had a 12-year affair with a Japanese woman.
(b) That his mother has been ill.
(c) That his mistress died a year ago.
(d) That his father has another child with a Japanese woman.

5. How is Kenzo's body disposed of?
(a) He is buried.
(b) His body is never found.
(c) He is creamated and the ashes are buried in Sachi's garden.
(d) He is creamated and the ashes are buried in Matsu's garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Stephen and Sachi acknowledge each other outside the temple after Kenzo's funeral?

2. What does Stephen's father promise to send him?

3. Who gives Stephen the black lacquer box with homemade yoken?

4. What does Sachi tell Stephen when she learns that Matsu was unaware of this visit?

5. Who does Sachi say saved her from being trampled at a celebration many years earlier?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Kenzo call Sachi a monster?

2. Describe Sachi's house during the New Year's celebration?

3. How does Stephen feel about traveling to Tarumi?

4. Why is the painting of the garden of importance to Stephen?

5. How do Stephen and Keiko's father interact when they meet in the village after Kenzo's burial?

6. What does Stephen struggle with at the Shinto shrine and why?

7. Describe the state of Stephen's relationship with Keiko when she gives him the yoken.

8. Describe Yamaguchi.

9. How does Stephen feel about making friends with people once he is settled in the beach house?

10. What does Stephen think of Matsu when they initially meet?

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