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

2. What is Stephen's reaction to his father's visit to Tamuri in October of 1937?
(a) Surprised, but elated.
(b) Unphased.
(c) Annoyed at the intrusion.
(d) Suspicious.

3. Why does Miko have to do the laundry?
(a) She lost a bet with Keiko.
(b) She traded chores with Keiko.
(c) She offered to do it so Keiko could meet Stephen.
(d) She is being punished.

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

5. Where does Stephen see the "nicest Christmas tree I ever had"?
(a) At Keiko's house.
(b) In Matsu's garden.
(c) In Sachi's garden.
(d) In a memory of his youth in China.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stephen say to Sachi about her argument with Kenzo?

2. What are described as the symptoms of the illness which affects Stephen's family?

3. Where does Matsu invite Stephen after his father leaves?

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

5. Who gives Stephen the black lacquer box with homemade yoken?

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