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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 the letter Stephen receives indicate his mother thinks about his staying in Japan?
(a) She thinks it's disloyal for him to remain in Japan.
(b) She thinks Henry should join him in Japan.
(c) She thinks it might be unsafe for him to remain in Japan.
(d) She thinks it is best for him to remain in Japan.

2. How does Stephen respond to Keiko's addressing of her father's behavior?
(a) He gets angry at her attitude.
(b) He pushes her to discuss the issue.
(c) He says her understands due to the war.
(d) He is saddened by her behavior.

3. What is part of the reason that Stephen says that time has slowed to a crawl?
(a) He doesn't see much of Sachi and Keiko.
(b) News of the war has taken a toll on everyone.
(c) Kenzo's death has affected Stephen.
(d) Kenzo's death has affected Matsu.

4. What news is received that dampens the spirits of Stephen, Matsu, and their visitor?
(a) The Japanese Army is advancing.
(b) The storm has devastated the village.
(c) A child from the village has drowned.
(d) The Japanese have taken over a key city.

5. Stephen says he feels like his new life has ended. What does he say he has returned to?
(a) The lonliness of an unwelcome visitor.
(b) The oppressive heat of a Chinese summer.
(c) The time of sickness, sleeping late and doing little.
(d) The solitude of the sick.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stephen's father tell him his parents agree on when he visits in June of 1938?

2. What does Stephen's mother ask him to do?

3. What important event occurs at the beginning of Stephen's November journal that leaves him feeling lost?

4. What are Stephen's feelings surrounding Penelope's war efforts?

5. Why did Kenzo stay in Tarumi?

(see the answer key)

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