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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Summer: June through July, 1938.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Penelope do for the Red Cross?
(a) She is a nurse.
(b) She cooks for the wounded and refugees.
(c) Rolls bandages and sorts clothes.
(d) She brings food and clothing to the refugees.

2. What is said about the shantytowns by Pie in her letter?
(a) The are a blight on the landscape of a once proud nation.
(b) They are sorely in need of money.
(c) They are filled with cardboard houses and people who are sick.
(d) They are the last refuge of the desparate.

3. Who is Tomoko?
(a) Keiko's sister.
(b) Sachi's sister.
(c) Kenzo's sister.
(d) Matsu's sister.

4. Who does Keiko say is in the Japanese army?
(a) Her uncle.
(b) Her cousin.
(c) Her brother.
(d) The man she was engaged to.

5. What does Stephen think might be the reason that Keiko's father hates him?
(a) Ancient family grievances.
(b) His dislike of Matsu.
(c) Fear of the Chinese.
(d) Protection of his daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Miko have to do the laundry?

2. What promise does Keiko make to Stephen when he walks her halfway home in March?

3. How does Matsu react when he and Stephen walk by Kenzo's teahouse for the first time after Kenzo's death?

4. What does the letter say Penelope feels about donating money for the refuges?

5. What do Stephen and his father seek to discuss on the June, 1938 visit?

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