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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's father promise to send him?
(a) Canvases.
(b) A Letter.
(c) Paints.
(d) Newspapers.

2. What is Matsu's New Year's gift to Stephen?
(a) A shime-nawa.
(b) A book of Japanese poetry.
(c) A tama totem.
(d) A daruma doll.

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

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

5. Where does Stephen say the young men of the village are when he visits for Kenzo's burial?
(a) Celebrating at the shrine.
(b) Fighting against China.
(c) Dead from leprosy.
(d) Moved to other cities.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What best describes Matsu's house?

3. What reason does Stephen's father give for sending his mistress a large sum of money?

4. What gift does Matsu give Stephen after the visit to Yamaguchi?

5. What does Stephen tell his mother about his father's affair?

(see the answer key)

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