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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Stephen tell his mother about his father's affair?
(a) That the transferred money was for a business transaction.
(b) That his father refused to talk about it.
(c) That she should accept it and move on.
(d) Nothing.

2. Where does Matsu invite Stephen after his father leaves?
(a) A Shinto shrine.
(b) For a walk on the beach.
(c) To Sachi's garden.
(d) To go to the fishing village.

3. What story does Sachi's caregiver in Yamaguchi tell her?
(a) About the fire that killed her family.
(b) About the lady at the temple.
(c) About the pearl diver and her family.
(d) About the leper who saved her child.

4. What is the name of the object Stephen gives Matsu for luck?
(a) A daruma doll.
(b) A shime-nawa,
(c) A tama shrine.
(d) A kado-matsu.

5. What does Matsu say Kenzo does?
(a) Assists villagers with disputes.
(b) Delivers important supplies.
(c) Gets hard to find items.
(d) Gets food to the hungry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Stephen meet Kenzo?

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

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

4. What does Stephen decide to paint?

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

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