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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Spring: April 22 through May 30, 1938.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Stephen say he did at the celebration in Yamaguchi?
(a) Drank too much sake and fell asleep.
(b) Watched Sachi and Matsu.
(c) Stayed back and observed.
(d) Drank too much sake and sang loudly.

2. Why doesn't Stephen ask Matsu to go along on his visit to Sachi?
(a) He thinks that Matsu is getting ill and needs to rest.
(b) He is afraid that Sachi will refuse to see them.
(c) He wants to ask Sachi a question privately.
(d) He doesn't want Matsu to go, or to say Stephen can't go.

3. Why did Sachi's father take her to shrines after her diagnosis with leprosy?
(a) As penance for having failed the family.
(b) To atone for her sins.
(c) To purify her.
(d) To pray for healing.

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

5. Why does Matsu say Sachi moved to her mountain home?
(a) To be close to the man she loved.
(b) To protect her family from the disease.
(c) To save her family from more dishonor.
(d) To care for the ill villagers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What New Year's gifts does Stephen receive from his family?

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

3. Why do Stephen and Matsu go to the shrine?

4. When does Stephen's mother say that she and Pie will come to visit in her May, 1938 letter?

5. Who does Stephen meet in Yamaguchi?

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