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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 Matsu tell Stephen about Sachi as a child?
(a) That she had a gift with animals.
(b) That she could sleep until noon.
(c) That she had a gift with plants.
(d) That she had great energy.
2. 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.
3. How does Keiko address her father's behavior to Stephen?
(a) She ignores the issue.
(b) She apologizes.
(c) She blames Stephen for provoking her father.
(d) She blames his anger on the war.
4. What did Sachi's father hope would happen after she contracted leprosy?
(a) That she would regain enough health to live a purposeful life.
(b) That she would take her own life and restore the family honor.
(c) That the government would send help.
(d) That the rest of the family would be spared.
5. What does Sachi say Tanka should not have saved after the fire destroys Tanka's home?
(a) Books.
(b) The old cat.
(c) Magazines.
(d) Her photos.
Short Answer Questions
1. When does Stephen see the fishing knife that belonged to Matsu's and Tomoko's father?
2. What object does Tomoko ask Matsu to bring to her after she is afflicted with leprosy?
3. What event in 1923 destroyed all the houses and left many dead?
4. What does Keiko do when Stephen asks her to meet him at the shrine?
5. What does Stephen suggest in his letter to his mother?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Keiko feel about her father's behavior?
2. Why does Penelope work for the Red Cross?
3. What does Stephen discover Matsu doing with his father's fishing knife and why is it important?
4. Describe Stephen's visit with his father.
5. What does Stephen describe as his memories of Keiko?
6. Does Stephen feel that he is at danger from the war?
7. Why is the fishing knife of great importance to Matsu?
8. What is the tone of Keiko's meeting with Stephen at the shrine?
9. Why aren't there any journal entries for a month after Kenzo's funeral?
10. What do Stephen's lack of journal entries due to rebuilding in Yamaguchi indicate?
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