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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Autumn: October 1937.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Stephen meet in Yamaguchi?
(a) A doctor.
(b) Sachi.
(c) Ching.
(d) Keiko.

2. How are Stephen and Matsu greeted on their second visit to Sachi?
(a) With tea.
(b) They are not greeted. Sachi is not home.
(c) By a stray dog.
(d) With a small meal.

3. What does Stephen decide to paint?
(a) His family.
(b) Matsu's garden.
(c) Keiko at the beach.
(d) Sachi without her sores.

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

5. What does Stephen give Sachi in this second visit?
(a) A portrait of herself.
(b) A drawing of the beach.
(c) A painting of her house.
(d) A painting of the garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Matsu say Sachi moved to her mountain home?

2. Why doesn't Stephen's father accompany him to Tarumi?

3. What does Stephen expect to be his only solace in Tarumi?

4. What is Stephen's first impression of the person who meets him at the station?

5. How does Stephen first feel when seeing the condition of afflicted villagers?

(see the answer key)

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