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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Stephen see the fishing knife that belonged to Matsu's and Tomoko's father?
(a) At Kenzo's teahouse, where it sits behind the bar.
(b) After they return from Yamaguchi, he sees Matsu sharpening it.
(c) In Yamaguchi, where Matsu points to a leper who uses it.
(d) At Sachi's, when she tells him her story.

2. What does Sachi say Matsu told her when he discovered she ran away rather than take her own life?
(a) My soul is grateful you could not act.
(b) It takes more courage to live than to die.
(c) There is a place you can go.
(d) One sister lost is enough.

3. What is the Kerria plant a sign of when it blooms late in the year?
(a) Good luck.
(b) Bad luck.
(c) A harsh rain season.
(d) A good harvest.

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

5. What does Stephen note about the garden when he and Matsu return from Yamaguchi?
(a) It is changed.
(b) There is new growth everywhere.
(c) It remains unchanged.
(d) A new reddish rock has been added.

6. What does the letter Stephen receives indicate his mother thinks about his staying in Japan?
(a) She thinks it might be unsafe for him to remain in Japan.
(b) She thinks it's disloyal for him to remain in Japan.
(c) She thinks it is best for him to remain in Japan.
(d) She thinks Henry should join him in Japan.

7. What object does Tomoko ask Matsu to bring to her after she is afflicted with leprosy?
(a) His father's fishing net.
(b) A pen and paper.
(c) Her father's fishing knife.
(d) Rocks for her garden.

8. What does Stephen say he did at the celebration in Yamaguchi?
(a) Drank too much sake and fell asleep.
(b) Drank too much sake and sang loudly.
(c) Watched Sachi and Matsu.
(d) Stayed back and observed.

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

10. Why does Stephen say something has changed between himself and Keiko?
(a) They are friendly again because they shared a picnic.
(b) Her anger and bitterness have lessened.
(c) They are more intimate because she watched him sleep.
(d) There is an awkwardness he doesn't understand.

11. What does Penelope do for the Red Cross?
(a) She is a nurse.
(b) She cooks for the wounded and refugees.
(c) Rolls bandages and sorts clothes.
(d) She brings food and clothing to the refugees.

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

13. Why did Sachi's father take her to shrines after her diagnosis with leprosy?
(a) As penance for having failed the family.
(b) To atone for her sins.
(c) To purify her.
(d) To pray for healing.

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

15. What does Stephen's father tell him his parents agree on when he visits in June of 1938?
(a) That their marriage is over.
(b) Stephen should return to Hong Kong.
(c) Stephen should stay in Tarumi through the summer.
(d) Pie should come to Tarumi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Stephen's feelings surrounding Penelope's war efforts?

2. What does Stephen's mother's letter tell him about her plans in the letter he receives in May of 1938?

3. What does the letter Stephen receives say about his mother's mood?

4. What does Stephen suggest in his letter to his mother?

5. What does the letter say Penelope feels about donating money for the refuges?

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