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

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

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

4. What is said about the shantytowns by Pie in her letter?
(a) The are a blight on the landscape of a once proud nation.
(b) They are the last refuge of the desparate.
(c) They are filled with cardboard houses and people who are sick.
(d) They are sorely in need of money.

5. Who does Stephen work with to put out the fire?
(a) Kenzo.
(b) Sachi.
(c) Tanka.
(d) Hiro.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whose grave does Matsu take an offering?

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

3. What does Keiko tell Stephen when they meet at the beach in September of 1938?

4. What is part of the reason that Stephen says that time has slowed to a crawl?

5. What do the old men that Stephen sees in Tarumi agree upon?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the fishing knife of great importance to Matsu?

2. Explain how the war is impacting Stephen.

3. Who is Sumiko?

4. Describe Matsu's behavior at Sachi's house.

5. How does Keiko let Stephen know she is interested in him despite her father?

6. What is Sachi's relationship with Michiko?

7. Why aren't there any journal entries for a month after Kenzo's funeral?

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

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

10. Where is the Kerria plant found and what does it mean?

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