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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Sachi say was Matsu's opposite?
(a) Sachi.
(b) Hiro.
(c) Tomoko.
(d) Kenzo.

3. What promise does Keiko make to Stephen when he walks her halfway home in March?
(a) That she will meet him by the beach.
(b) That this is the last time she will speak to him.
(c) That she'll return.
(d) That her father will hurt her if they speak again.

4. How old was Sachi when she became engaged to Kenzo?
(a) Seventeen.
(b) Her age is not mentioned.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Twelve.

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

6. How does Stephen respond to Keiko's addressing of her father's behavior?
(a) He pushes her to discuss the issue.
(b) He is saddened by her behavior.
(c) He says her understands due to the war.
(d) He gets angry at her attitude.

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

8. 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 filled with cardboard houses and people who are sick.
(d) They are sorely in need of money.

9. Where does Keiko find Stephen when she heads to Matsu's to visit?
(a) On the road to her house.
(b) In Matsu's garden.
(c) At the temple in Tama.
(d) At the beach.

10. Who cared for Sachi when she first arrived in Yamaguchi?
(a) Mishiko.
(b) Hiro.
(c) Akio.
(d) Sumiko.

11. How does Keiko say her father has brought shame to the family?
(a) By letting her brother fight in an unjust war.
(b) By being rude.
(c) By alllowing Stephen to provoke him.
(d) By requiring her to speak to Stephen on the family's behalf.

12. What does Stephen's mother recommend in her May, 1938 letter to him?
(a) That he should stay in Tarumi.
(b) That Henry and Anne should go to Tarumi.
(c) That he should return home to China.
(d) That Pie should go to Tarumi.

13. What does Stephen say about returning to Hong Kong in his July, 1938 letters to his sister and mother?
(a) He no longer mentions the possibility.
(b) He says he will return only after the war ends.
(c) He asks if he is needed.
(d) He says he wants to stay in Tarumi.

14. What does Stephen's mother's letter tell him about her plans in the letter he receives in May of 1938?
(a) That she will not travel until the war is over.
(b) That she is expecting Pie home on leave from the Red Cross.
(c) That she and Pie might visit Henry and Anne.
(d) That she is going to visit his father in Kobe.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Sachi's impression of Matsu when they first met?

3. What does Penelope do for the Red Cross?

4. What did Sachi's father hope would happen after she contracted leprosy?

5. How does Keiko address her father's behavior to Stephen?

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