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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 Keiko tell Stephen when they meet at the beach in September of 1938?
(a) That she is sorry for how she has behaved.
(b) That she won't be able to see him any more.
(c) That she will meet him there in three days.
(d) That she must leave with her family.

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

3. 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.

4. Where has Matsu been when he returns to the beach house?
(a) The teahouse.
(b) Helping Sachi.
(c) Mailing Stephen's letters.
(d) The funeral.

5. When does Stephen see the fishing knife that belonged to Matsu's and Tomoko's father?
(a) At Sachi's, when she tells him her story.
(b) In Yamaguchi, where Matsu points to a leper who uses it.
(c) After they return from Yamaguchi, he sees Matsu sharpening it.
(d) At Kenzo's teahouse, where it sits behind the bar.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Stephen respond to Keiko's addressing of her father's behavior?

5. What is Tomoko's reaction when Matsu tells her about Yamaguchi?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Discuss Hiro.

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

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

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

7. Compare Matsu and Tomoko as teenagers.

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

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

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

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