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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What effect does Matsu say Tomoko's illness had on their relationship?
(a) They grew closer.
(b) They grew more distant.
(c) It allowed them to speak of things they had not spoken of.
(d) It became strained.

2. Who sends Stephen a letter that says Penelope is working with the Red Cross?
(a) Henry.
(b) King.
(c) Pie.
(d) His mother.

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

4. What does Stephen tell Matsu about Keiko as the two men work in the garden?
(a) That he regrets their time together.
(b) That he's never felt this close to another person.
(c) That he won't be seeing her anymore.
(d) That he is meeting her soon.

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

6. What does Matsu tell Stephen about Sachi as a child?
(a) That she had great energy.
(b) That she could sleep until noon.
(c) That she had a gift with animals.
(d) That she had a gift with plants.

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

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

9. To what is Tomoko referring when she tells Matsu that she doesn't want "to live like this"?
(a) Apart from him.
(b) In Yamaguchi.
(c) Apart from Kenzo.
(d) A life with leprosy.

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

11. What do the old men that Stephen sees in Tarumi agree upon?
(a) That the war should end before more Japanese are killed.
(b) That the Japanese Army is destined to win the war.
(c) That the war will end soon.
(d) That the Chinese should end the war to limit their losses.

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

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

14. What is part of the reason that Stephen says that time has slowed to a crawl?
(a) Kenzo's death has affected Stephen.
(b) Kenzo's death has affected Matsu.
(c) He doesn't see much of Sachi and Keiko.
(d) News of the war has taken a toll on everyone.

15. When does Stephen's mother say that she and Pie will come to visit in her May, 1938 letter?
(a) She says it's best if they don't visit.
(b) She says they will come after the war.
(c) She says they will arrive in one week.
(d) She says they will come before the war ends.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Stephen work with to put out the fire?

2. What object does Tomoko ask Matsu to bring to her after she is afflicted with leprosy?

3. What does Stephen say about returning to Hong Kong in his July, 1938 letters to his sister and mother?

4. What is said about the shantytowns by Pie in her letter?

5. What does Stephen say about the celebration of the rebuilt houses in Yamaguchi?

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