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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sachi refer to as "one of the small miracles of life"?
(a) Sunsets.
(b) Babies.
(c) Sunrises.
(d) Balloon flowers.

2. Stephen says he feels like his new life has ended. What does he say he has returned to?
(a) The solitude of the sick.
(b) The oppressive heat of a Chinese summer.
(c) The time of sickness, sleeping late and doing little.
(d) The lonliness of an unwelcome visitor.

3. Who accompanies Stephen home from Canton?
(a) King.
(b) Henry.
(c) His mother.
(d) No one.

4. What does Sachi say Tanka should not have saved after the fire destroys Tanka's home?
(a) Her photos.
(b) Books.
(c) Magazines.
(d) The old cat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stephen say about the celebration of the rebuilt houses in Yamaguchi?

2. How does Stephen say Keiko's visit affected him?

3. When does Stephen's father leave Tamuri after his second visit to see Stephen?

4. What does Matsu reveal about his younger sister while he is in Yamaguchi with Stephen?

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

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