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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why doesn't Stephen ask Matsu to go along on his visit to Sachi?
(a) He thinks that Matsu is getting ill and needs to rest.
(b) He wants to ask Sachi a question privately.
(c) He is afraid that Sachi will refuse to see them.
(d) He doesn't want Matsu to go, or to say Stephen can't go.

2. Who does Sachi say saved her from being trampled at a celebration many years earlier?
(a) Kenzo.
(b) Matsu.
(c) An unidentified soldier.
(d) Her father.

3. Where does Stephen first see a kare sansui?
(a) At Sachi's house.
(b) At the house by the beach.
(c) In Matsu's garden.
(d) At Keiko's house.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Stephen's reaction to his father's visit to Tamuri in October of 1937?

3. Who is Tomoko?

4. How are Stephen and Matsu greeted on their second visit to Sachi?

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

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