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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Autumn: October, 1938.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Keiko with when Stephen first sees her?
(a) An unidentified woman.
(b) No one.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her sister.

2. What does Stephen note about the garden when he and Matsu return from Yamaguchi?
(a) There is new growth everywhere.
(b) It is changed.
(c) It remains unchanged.
(d) A new reddish rock has been added.

3. What does Stephen's mother's letter tell him about her plans in the letter he receives in May of 1938?
(a) That she will not travel until the war is over.
(b) That she and Pie might visit Henry and Anne.
(c) That she is expecting Pie home on leave from the Red Cross.
(d) That she is going to visit his father in Kobe.

4. Who cared for Sachi when she first arrived in Yamaguchi?
(a) Akio.
(b) Mishiko.
(c) Hiro.
(d) Sumiko.

5. What are the Plum Rains?
(a) Six weeks of festivals that travel from town to town.
(b) A harvest festival at the Tama shrine.
(c) Six weeks of rain.
(d) A Japanese form of poetry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What story does Sachi's caregiver in Yamaguchi tell her?

2. What news of the war is received in October of 1938?

3. Who dies in the Summer: June through July, 1938 chapter?

4. What does Stephen receive from his mother in November?

5. How is Kenzo's body disposed of?

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