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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Autumn: September, 1938.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Stephen tell Matsu about Keiko as the two men work in the garden?
(a) That he regrets their time together.
(b) That he won't be seeing her anymore.
(c) That he is meeting her soon.
(d) That he's never felt this close to another person.

2. What are Stephen and Matsu doing when the wave crashes into the garden?
(a) Discussing Stephen's father.
(b) Arguing about Sachi.
(c) Catching fish from the fish pond.
(d) Talking by the bridge.

3. What important event occurs at the beginning of Stephen's November journal that leaves him feeling lost?
(a) He receives a message from his father.
(b) He completes the picture of the painting.
(c) He hears news of the Japanese Army.
(d) He discovers a dying part of the garden.

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

5. How does Matsu react when he and Stephen walk by Kenzo's teahouse for the first time after Kenzo's death?
(a) He stares straight ahead without looking at it.
(b) He starts talking about Tomoko.
(c) He quickens his pace.
(d) He stops in front of it and stands silently.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Sachi say saved her from being trampled at a celebration many years earlier?

2. Why does Miko have to do the laundry?

3. What does Stephen say he did at the celebration in Yamaguchi?

4. What tragedy befalls Keiko's family?

5. What was Sachi's impression of Matsu when they first met?

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