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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Autumn: November through December 2, 1937.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Stephen get to Kobe?
(a) Bicycle.
(b) Mule.
(c) Walking.
(d) Boat.

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

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

4. Why does Stephen originally buy the journal?
(a) To celebrate and document his journey to Tarumi.
(b) To provide his mother with a written account of his travels.
(c) To document the effects of his illness.
(d) To fulfill the requirements of one of his classes at Canton.

5. Why does Stephen call the person he meets in Yamaguchi a kindred spirit?
(a) This person is lonely.
(b) This person is sad.
(c) This person is a painter.
(d) This person is ill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Stephen's reaction to his father's visit to Tamuri in October of 1937?

2. Why do Stephen and Matsu initially go to Yamaguchi?

3. What does Stephen's mother ask him to do?

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

5. What does Stephen decide to paint?

(see the answer key)

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