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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Stephen and Matsu spend the night after they help fight the fire in Yamaguchi?
(a) Outside in Sachi's garden.
(b) Michiko's house.
(c) Hiro's house.
(d) Sachi's house.

2. Why does Miko have to do the laundry?
(a) She is being punished.
(b) She lost a bet with Keiko.
(c) She traded chores with Keiko.
(d) She offered to do it so Keiko could meet Stephen.

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

4. What important event occurs at the beginning of Stephen's November journal that leaves him feeling lost?
(a) He receives a message from his father.
(b) He discovers a dying part of the garden.
(c) He hears news of the Japanese Army.
(d) He completes the picture of the painting.

5. What is Matsu's response to what Stephen tells him about Keiko as the two men work in the garden?
(a) It doesn't mean that she wasn't important in his life.
(b) That one should never give up on love.
(c) Things that are meant to be will be.
(d) He says that Stephen will forget her in time.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What promise does Keiko make to Stephen when he walks her halfway home in March?

4. What is Tomoko's reaction when Matsu tells her about Yamaguchi?

5. What does the Summer: June through July 1938 chapter say that Stephen is doing that prevents him from journal writing?

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