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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 show Stephen in her garden the day after the fire?
(a) A blue-purple flower.
(b) A speckled fish in the pond.
(c) A new rock formation.
(d) A pale yellow bird in its nest.

2. What does the Summer: June through July 1938 chapter say that Stephen is doing that prevents him from journal writing?
(a) Helping Matsu in his garden.
(b) Helping Sachi in her garden.
(c) Rebuilding homes in Yamaguchi.
(d) Finishing a drawing of Yamaguchi.

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

4. Where do Stephen and Matsu spend the night after they help fight the fire in Yamaguchi?
(a) Hiro's house.
(b) Outside in Sachi's garden.
(c) Sachi's house.
(d) Michiko's house.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Stephen walks Keiko home after her visit in March of 1938?

2. What is Matsu's response to what Stephen tells him about Keiko as the two men work in the garden?

3. What does Sachi say Tanka should not have saved after the fire destroys Tanka's home?

4. Who sends Stephen a letter that says Penelope is working with the Red Cross?

5. What does Matsu tell Stephen he can hope for when he looks back on his life?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sachi incorporate flowers in her garden?

2. What is the significance of the conversation Stephen and Keiko have on the beach?

3. Compare Matsu and Tomoko as teenagers.

4. What is the tone of Keiko's meeting with Stephen at the shrine?

5. How does Sachi change after Michiko's death?

6. What do Stephen's lack of journal entries due to rebuilding in Yamaguchi indicate?

7. What does Stephen describe as his memories of Keiko?

8. What does Stephen discover Matsu doing with his father's fishing knife and why is it important?

9. What is Sachi's relationship with Michiko?

10. How does Stephen feel when Matsu walks in and interrupts Sachi's story?

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