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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. Who does Keiko say is in the Japanese army?
(a) Her cousin.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her uncle.
(d) The man she was engaged to.

2. How does Sachi say Tomoko died?
(a) The disease killed her.
(b) She was poisoned.
(c) She drowned herself.
(d) She took her life with a fishing knife.

3. Why does Stephen have memories of Matsu from childhood?
(a) Matsu once worked for Stephen's family.
(b) Stephen's father once worked with Matsu.
(c) Their fathers are friends.
(d) They are distant cousins.

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

5. What is Stephen's interpretation of his parents' marriage at the end of the December journal entries?
(a) That it is at a painful point in a growth process.
(b) That it is healing.
(c) That it is no more than a business arrangement.
(d) That it is over.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Matsu say he decides to visit Tama with Stephen?

2. Who says, "A Japanese woman would never do such a thing," and to whom is that person referring?

3. What does Stephen tell his mother about his father's affair?

4. What object of Tomoko's did Matsu give to Sachi?

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

(see the answer key)

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