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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What item is found in Matsu's garden?
(a) A fish pond.
(b) A cherry tree.
(c) A colorful array of vegetables.
(d) An aromatic purple flower.

4. 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.

5. What best describes Kenzo and Matsu in their youth?
(a) Kenzo was shy and Matsu was industrious.
(b) Kenzo was ill and Matsu was helpful.
(c) Kenzo was brave and Matsu was neat.
(d) Kenzo was popular and Matsu was shy.

6. What does Matsu say Kenzo does?
(a) Gets food to the hungry.
(b) Delivers important supplies.
(c) Gets hard to find items.
(d) Assists villagers with disputes.

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

8. What are described as the symptoms of the illness which affects Stephen's family?
(a) Constant coughing and fever.
(b) Nausea and vomiting.
(c) Itchy rashes and fever.
(d) Delirium and rashes.

9. Why did Kenzo stay in Tarumi?
(a) To be close to Sachi.
(b) To run his business.
(c) To care for his sister.
(d) To care for his parents.

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

11. Who does Keiko say is in the Japanese army?
(a) Her uncle.
(b) The man she was engaged to.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her cousin.

12. Where does Stephen say the young men of the village are when he visits for Kenzo's burial?
(a) Dead from leprosy.
(b) Celebrating at the shrine.
(c) Fighting against China.
(d) Moved to other cities.

13. What does Stephen tell his mother about his father's affair?
(a) That she should accept it and move on.
(b) That his father refused to talk about it.
(c) That the transferred money was for a business transaction.
(d) Nothing.

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

15. How is Kenzo's body disposed of?
(a) He is creamated and the ashes are buried in Sachi's garden.
(b) His body is never found.
(c) He is creamated and the ashes are buried in Matsu's garden.
(d) He is buried.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Stephen travel to Kobe with?

2. What does Stephen learn about his father at the beach?

3. Who does Sachi say saved her from being trampled at a celebration many years earlier?

4. Why does Stephen originally buy the journal?

5. How does Sachi say Tomoko died?

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