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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 news is received that dampens the spirits of Stephen, Matsu, and their visitor?
(a) The Japanese Army is advancing.
(b) The storm has devastated the village.
(c) The Japanese have taken over a key city.
(d) A child from the village has drowned.

2. Who accompanies Stephen home from Canton?
(a) Henry.
(b) King.
(c) His mother.
(d) No one.

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

4. Who says, "You really are a monster"?
(a) Sachi.
(b) Matsu.
(c) Kenzo.
(d) Stephen.

5. What does Stephen expect to be his only solace in Tarumi?
(a) Writing in his journal.
(b) Swimming in the ocean.
(c) Painting.
(d) Creating a garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What best describes Kenzo and Matsu in their youth?

2. What does Stephen decide to pray for?

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

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

5. How does Stephen feel about his father leaving Tamuri in October of 1937?

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