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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Spring: April 1938.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Sachi say Kenzo learned about her living in Yamaguchi with Matsu's help?
(a) He learned from a teahouse patron.
(b) He noticed that Matsu made many trips to Yamaguchi.
(c) Sachi's father.
(d) Because Matsu sent many supplies to the people in Yamaguchi.

2. What New Year's gifts does Stephen receive from his family?
(a) A daruma doll.
(b) A setsbun.
(c) Clothes, a watch, and books.
(d) Canvas and paints.

3. How do Stephen and Sachi acknowledge each other outside the temple after Kenzo's funeral?
(a) They speak in whispers.
(b) They bow to each other.
(c) They look in each other's eyes.
(d) They don't acknowledge each other.

4. Where does Stephen say the young men of the village are when he visits for Kenzo's burial?
(a) Fighting against China.
(b) Celebrating at the shrine.
(c) Moved to other cities.
(d) Dead from leprosy.

5. What does Stephen decide to pray for?
(a) For all the problems in his life.
(b) For his full recovery.
(c) For his mother's happiness.
(d) For his parents' marriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two people do Stephen and his father discuss shortly before his father's departure?

2. What, according to Sachi, is true about Sachi and Tomoko as children?

3. What does Stephen notice a lack of in Tarumi?

4. What is Stephen's interpretation of his parents' marriage at the end of the December journal entries?

5. What dampens Stephen's enjoyment on the walk to Yamaguchi?

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