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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 do Stephen and his father seek to discuss on the June, 1938 visit?
(a) Stephen's siblings..
(b) Stephen's mother.
(c) Bringing Stephen into the business.
(d) Non-controversial topics.

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

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

4. What is Matsu's response to what Stephen tells him about Keiko as the two men work in the garden?
(a) Things that are meant to be will be.
(b) It doesn't mean that she wasn't important in his life.
(c) He says that Stephen will forget her in time.
(d) That one should never give up on love.

5. 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 it's best if they don't visit.
(c) She says they will come after the war.
(d) She says they will come before the war ends.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whose grave does Matsu take an offering?

2. How does Matsu react when he and Stephen walk by Kenzo's teahouse for the first time after Kenzo's death?

3. What does Keiko do when Stephen asks her to meet him at the shrine?

4. To what is Tomoko referring when she tells Matsu that she doesn't want "to live like this"?

5. Why does Stephen say something has changed between himself and Keiko?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What activities surround Fumiko's arrival?

3. Who is Sumiko?

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

5. Compare Matsu and Tomoko as teenagers.

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

7. Explain how the war is impacting Stephen.

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

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

10. Does Stephen feel that he is at danger from the war?

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