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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Stephen and Matsu doing when the wave crashes into the garden?
(a) Discussing Stephen's father.
(b) Arguing about Sachi.
(c) Catching fish from the fish pond.
(d) Talking by the bridge.

2. What, according to Sachi, is true about Sachi and Tomoko as children?
(a) They fought constantly.
(b) They were complete opposites.
(c) Both were painfully shy.
(d) They were close.

3. What is the name of the object Stephen gives Matsu for luck?
(a) A kado-matsu.
(b) A shime-nawa,
(c) A daruma doll.
(d) A tama shrine.

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

5. What does Stephen's father promise to send him?
(a) Canvases.
(b) Newspapers.
(c) Paints.
(d) A Letter.

6. 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.

7. Why is Stephen embarrassed by his body?
(a) He has pock marks from his illness.
(b) He has lost a great deal of weight.
(c) He is pale.
(d) He feels it is very weak.

8. What does Sachi tell Stephen when she learns that Matsu was unaware of this visit?
(a) Stephen is welcome back, but only if Matsu knows.
(b) That Stephen should not return.
(c) That it's best not to mention the visit.
(d) That Stephen should only return alone.

9. Where does Stephen's father spend most of his time?
(a) Canton.
(b) China.
(c) Japan.
(d) Beach house in Tarumi.

10. How does Keiko respond to Stephen's offer to carry her basket of persimmons?
(a) She says no.
(b) She wordlessly hands him the basket.
(c) She says yes.
(d) She walks away without speaking to him.

11. Why do Stephen and Matsu initially go to Yamaguchi?
(a) To deliver a message.
(b) To visit a friend of Matsu's.
(c) To get Stephen some fresh air.
(d) To deliver items from the garden.

12. Who sends Stephen a letter telling of the massacre in Nanking?
(a) Henry.
(b) His mother.
(c) King.
(d) His father.

13. What does Stephen notice a lack of in Tarumi?
(a) Food.
(b) Young women.
(c) Young men.
(d) Children.

14. How do Kenzo and Matsu make amends?
(a) They bow.
(b) They speak, but Stephen does not know what is said.
(c) They don't.
(d) They exchange a look, but no words.

15. Where does Matsu invite Stephen after his father leaves?
(a) To Sachi's garden.
(b) For a walk on the beach.
(c) To go to the fishing village.
(d) A Shinto shrine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gift does Matsu give Stephen after the visit to Yamaguchi?

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

3. What does Stephen say to Sachi about her argument with Kenzo?

4. What two people do Stephen and his father discuss shortly before his father's departure?

5. Who does Stephen travel to Kobe with?

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