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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. How does Keiko address her father's behavior to Stephen?
(a) She apologizes.
(b) She ignores the issue.
(c) She blames Stephen for provoking her father.
(d) She blames his anger on the war.

2. 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) At Kenzo's teahouse, where it sits behind the bar.
(c) After they return from Yamaguchi, he sees Matsu sharpening it.
(d) In Yamaguchi, where Matsu points to a leper who uses it.

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

4. What happens when Stephen walks Keiko home after her visit in March of 1938?
(a) She allows him to kiss her.
(b) Her father discovers them and is angry.
(c) She kisses him and tells him to stay away from her family.
(d) She tells Stephen to stay away.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is said about the shantytowns by Pie in her letter?

2. Who does Stephen refer to when he notes that they will never "drift away from each other"?

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. How does Sachi respond to the way Matsu and Stephen arrive at her house?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Stephen's visit with his father.

3. How does Sachi incorporate flowers in her garden?

4. Compare Matsu and Tomoko as teenagers.

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

6. Why does Penelope work for the Red Cross?

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

8. Explain how the war is impacting Stephen.

9. Discuss Hiro.

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

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