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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 do Stephen and Matsu initially go to Yamaguchi?
(a) To visit a friend of Matsu's.
(b) To get Stephen some fresh air.
(c) To deliver a message.
(d) To deliver items from the garden.

2. What two people do Stephen and his father discuss shortly before his father's departure?
(a) King and Stephen's mother.
(b) Henry and Anne.
(c) Pie and Keiko.
(d) Matsu and Matsu's sister.

3. What does Stephen learn during his father's second visit, which occurs in December of 1937?
(a) That his father has another child with a Japanese woman.
(b) That his father had a 12-year affair with a Japanese woman.
(c) That his mother has been ill.
(d) That his mistress died a year ago.

4. What is Matsu's New Year's gift to Stephen?
(a) A book of Japanese poetry.
(b) A daruma doll.
(c) A shime-nawa.
(d) A tama totem.

5. What does Matsu reveal about his younger sister while he is in Yamaguchi with Stephen?
(a) She was taken by leprosy.
(b) She was a healer.
(c) She died of tuberculosis.
(d) She died giving birth to a son.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Kenzo's body disposed of?

2. What did Sachi's father hope would happen after she contracted leprosy?

3. What is the name of the object Stephen gives Matsu for luck?

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

5. Who does Sachi say was Matsu's opposite?

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