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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What dampens Stephen's enjoyment on the walk to Yamaguchi?
(a) His fear that he may return to Hong Kong.
(b) Keiko's father's feelings towards him.
(c) Thoughts of his parents' marriage.
(d) The dismal weather.

2. Who does Stephen refer to when he notes that they will never "drift away from each other"?
(a) Stephen and Keiko.
(b) Matsu and Sachi.
(c) Stephen and Pie.
(d) Matsu and Stephen.

3. What dream does Stephen record in his journal?
(a) Of Keiko and Pie building houses in Yamaguchi.
(b) Of the Japanese Army invading Yamaguchi.
(c) Of his parents having tea with Sachi.
(d) Of Pie handing out bandages to the lepers.

4. What are the Plum Rains?
(a) A Japanese form of poetry.
(b) A harvest festival at the Tama shrine.
(c) Six weeks of festivals that travel from town to town.
(d) Six weeks of rain.

5. What does Stephen say about the celebration of the rebuilt houses in Yamaguchi?
(a) It was the best in his life.
(b) He doesn't understand the people's exuberance.
(c) He doesn't understand the symbolism.
(d) It was bittersweet.

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

7. How does Sachi say Kenzo learned about her living in Yamaguchi with Matsu's help?
(a) He learned from a teahouse patron.
(b) Sachi's father.
(c) He noticed that Matsu made many trips to Yamaguchi.
(d) Because Matsu sent many supplies to the people in Yamaguchi.

8. What event in 1923 destroyed all the houses and left many dead?
(a) An earthquake.
(b) An attack.
(c) A fire.
(d) A hurricane.

9. How does Matsu react when he and Stephen walk by Kenzo's teahouse for the first time after Kenzo's death?
(a) He starts talking about Tomoko.
(b) He stops in front of it and stands silently.
(c) He quickens his pace.
(d) He stares straight ahead without looking at it.

10. Who tells about the 1923 event that destroyed all the houses and left many dead?
(a) Sachi.
(b) Matsu.
(c) Hiro.
(d) Akio.

11. What does the Summer: June through July 1938 chapter say that Stephen is doing that prevents him from journal writing?
(a) Rebuilding homes in Yamaguchi.
(b) Finishing a drawing of Yamaguchi.
(c) Helping Sachi in her garden.
(d) Helping Matsu in his garden.

12. What does Stephen have with him when Keiko finds him on the day she pays him a visit in March of 1938?
(a) A sketch pad.
(b) A letter.
(c) A Japense book of poetry.
(d) A daruma doll.

13. Who does Stephen refer to as "master of the house" in the journal entry about his September, 1938 visit?
(a) Keiko's father.
(b) His father.
(c) Matsu.
(d) Himself.

14. How does Stephen say Keiko's visit affected him?
(a) He is angry every time he recalls her visit.
(b) He is happier since he saw her.
(c) He is more confused than ever.
(d) He is lonelier since her visit.

15. What is said about the shantytowns by Pie in her letter?
(a) They are the last refuge of the desparate.
(b) The are a blight on the landscape of a once proud nation.
(c) They are sorely in need of money.
(d) They are filled with cardboard houses and people who are sick.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stephen's father tell him his parents agree on when he visits in June of 1938?

2. Where do Stephen and Matsu spend the night after they help fight the fire in Yamaguchi?

3. Where does Keiko find Stephen when she heads to Matsu's to visit?

4. To what is Tomoko referring when she tells Matsu that she doesn't want "to live like this"?

5. What does Matsu tell Stephen he can hope for when he looks back on his life?

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