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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. Where does Keiko find Stephen when she heads to Matsu's to visit?
(a) On the road to her house.
(b) In Matsu's garden.
(c) At the beach.
(d) At the temple in Tama.

2. Who does Stephen refer to as "master of the house" in the journal entry about his September, 1938 visit?
(a) Matsu.
(b) His father.
(c) Keiko's father.
(d) Himself.

3. What does Penelope do for the Red Cross?
(a) She brings food and clothing to the refugees.
(b) She cooks for the wounded and refugees.
(c) She is a nurse.
(d) Rolls bandages and sorts clothes.

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

5. Stephen says he feels like his new life has ended. What does he say he has returned to?
(a) The oppressive heat of a Chinese summer.
(b) The solitude of the sick.
(c) The lonliness of an unwelcome visitor.
(d) The time of sickness, sleeping late and doing little.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stephen say he did at the celebration in Yamaguchi?

2. What does Stephen note about the garden when he and Matsu return from Yamaguchi?

3. What reports does Stephen record about the war in his May 15th, 1938 journal entry?

4. What does Stephen say about returning to Hong Kong in his July, 1938 letters to his sister and mother?

5. What tragedy befalls Keiko's family?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Stephen's visit with his father.

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

3. What do the readers know about the relationship between Fumiko and Matsu?

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

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

6. Explain how the war is impacting Stephen.

7. How does Keiko feel about her father's behavior?

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

9. How does Sachi incorporate flowers in her garden?

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

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