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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 Matsu react when he and Stephen walk by Kenzo's teahouse for the first time after Kenzo's death?
(a) He stares straight ahead without looking at it.
(b) He starts talking about Tomoko.
(c) He quickens his pace.
(d) He stops in front of it and stands silently.

2. What does Matsu tell Stephen he can hope for when he looks back on his life?
(a) That he loved and had been loved.
(b) To leave with all debts paid.
(c) That everything happened for a reason.
(d) That he has no regrets.

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

4. What does the letter Stephen receives indicate his mother thinks about his staying in Japan?
(a) She thinks it might be unsafe for him to remain in Japan.
(b) She thinks it is best for him to remain in Japan.
(c) She thinks Henry should join him in Japan.
(d) She thinks it's disloyal for him to remain in Japan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Matsu's response to what Stephen tells him about Keiko as the two men work in the garden?

2. Stephen says he feels like his new life has ended. What does he say he has returned to?

3. What does the letter say Penelope feels about donating money for the refuges?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is Sachi's relationship with Michiko?

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

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

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