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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 does Kenzo give Stephen?
(a) Tea made with a secret ingredient.
(b) A too sweet drink made of roses.
(c) The best tea he's ever tasted.
(d) A bitter drink with healing properties.

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

3. Why is Stephen embarrassed by his body?
(a) He is pale.
(b) He has lost a great deal of weight.
(c) He feels it is very weak.
(d) He has pock marks from his illness.

4. Who is there when Stephen regains consciousness after being hit by the wave?
(a) Sachi.
(b) Kenzo.
(c) His father.
(d) Keiko.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Stephen have memories of Matsu from childhood?

3. Why does Sachi often rearrange the stones in her garden?

4. What is Stephen's interpretation of his parents' marriage at the end of the December journal entries?

5. Why does Stephen originally buy the journal?

(see the answer key)

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