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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Winter: December 5 through December 25, 1937.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Stephen's father promise to send him?
(a) A Letter.
(b) Canvases.
(c) Paints.
(d) Newspapers.

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

3. When does Stephen's father leave Tamuri after his second visit to see Stephen?
(a) In the middle of their argument.
(b) During dinner.
(c) While Stephen and Matsu leave for Tama.
(d) Early in the morning before Stephen is awake.

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

5. 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 mother has been ill.
(c) That his father had a 12-year affair with a Japanese woman.
(d) That his mistress died a year ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Matsu invite Stephen after his father leaves?

2. Why does Miko have to do the laundry?

3. Who does Stephen travel to Kobe with?

4. Who is there when Stephen regains consciousness after being hit by the wave?

5. Who accompanies Stephen home from Canton?

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