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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 gives Stephen the black lacquer box with homemade yoken?
(a) Keiko.
(b) Pie.
(c) Miko.
(d) Sachi.

2. What he visits in June of 1938, what does Stephen's father suggest?
(a) That Matsu should bring Stephen to the O-bon festival.
(b) That Stephen should visit during the Plum Rains.
(c) That Stephen spend the holiday in Kobe.
(d) That he visit Stephen for the O-bon festival.

3. What does Keiko do when Stephen asks her to meet him at the shrine?
(a) Says he brings shame on her family.
(b) Touches his hand when no one is looking and leaves.
(c) Begs him to leave her alone.
(d) Looks in his eyes and nods.

4. What do Stephen and his father seek to discuss on the June, 1938 visit?
(a) Non-controversial topics.
(b) Stephen's mother.
(c) Bringing Stephen into the business.
(d) Stephen's siblings..

5. What does Stephen's mother recommend in her May, 1938 letter to him?
(a) That Pie should go to Tarumi.
(b) That he should return home to China.
(c) That he should stay in Tarumi.
(d) That Henry and Anne should go to Tarumi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stephen suggest in his letter to his mother?

2. What is Matsu's New Year's gift to Stephen?

3. Who does Stephen say he is happy to discover he will spend New Year's with?

4. What does Matsu tell Stephen about Sachi as a child?

5. Who says, "You really are a monster"?

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