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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Winter: January and February 1938.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Stephen tell his mother about his father's affair?
(a) Nothing.
(b) That the transferred money was for a business transaction.
(c) That she should accept it and move on.
(d) That his father refused to talk about it.

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

3. What does Stephen learn about his father at the beach?
(a) He can't swim.
(b) He was once a competitive swimmer.
(c) He wanted to be a painter when he was younger.
(d) His real age.

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

5. Who does Stephen say he is happy to discover he will spend New Year's with?
(a) Keiko.
(b) Sachi.
(c) Matsu.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Stephen say the young men of the village are when he visits for Kenzo's burial?

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

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

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

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

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