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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sachi tell Stephen when she learns that Matsu was unaware of this visit?
(a) That it's best not to mention the visit.
(b) That Stephen should only return alone.
(c) Stephen is welcome back, but only if Matsu knows.
(d) That Stephen should not return.

2. Where does Stephen first see Keiko?
(a) In Matsu's garden.
(b) In her father's home.
(c) At the local market.
(d) At the beach.

3. What two people do Stephen and his father discuss shortly before his father's departure?
(a) Henry and Anne.
(b) Matsu and Matsu's sister.
(c) King and Stephen's mother.
(d) Pie and Keiko.

4. What does Stephen receive from his mother in November?
(a) A visit.
(b) A package.
(c) A telegram.
(d) A letter.

5. Why is Stephen embarrassed by his body?
(a) He has pock marks from his illness.
(b) He feels it is very weak.
(c) He has lost a great deal of weight.
(d) He is pale.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stephen notice a lack of in Tarumi?

2. How does Stephen feel about his father leaving Tamuri in October of 1937?

3. How does his father's departure affect Stephen?

4. Who sends Stephen a letter telling of the massacre in Nanking?

5. How do Stephen and Sachi acknowledge each other outside the temple after Kenzo's funeral?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Stephen think of Matsu when they initially meet?

2. How is Setsbun celebrated?

3. What is Stephen's physical condition when he first arrives at the beach house in Tarumi?

4. Describe the state of Stephen's relationship with Keiko when she gives him the yoken.

5. How do Stephen and Keiko's father interact when they meet in the village after Kenzo's burial?

6. What conflicting accounts of the war does Stephen hear?

7. Why is the painting of the garden of importance to Stephen?

8. Why does Stephen lie to his mother?

9. Describe Sachi's garden.

10. What agreement do Stephen's parents seem to come to after his father's visit?

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