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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Winter: December 5 through December 25, 1937.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What item is found in Matsu's garden?
(a) A colorful array of vegetables.
(b) A fish pond.
(c) A cherry tree.
(d) An aromatic purple flower.

2. Who gives Stephen the black lacquer box with homemade yoken?
(a) Pie.
(b) Sachi.
(c) Miko.
(d) Keiko.

3. What does Stephen decide to paint?
(a) Sachi without her sores.
(b) His family.
(c) Keiko at the beach.
(d) Matsu's garden.

4. What important event occurs at the beginning of Stephen's November journal that leaves him feeling lost?
(a) He hears news of the Japanese Army.
(b) He receives a message from his father.
(c) He discovers a dying part of the garden.
(d) He completes the picture of the painting.

5. Who does Stephen travel to Kobe with?
(a) Penelope.
(b) Ching.
(c) His father.
(d) Henry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Stephen's father give for sending his mistress a large sum of money?

2. Why do Stephen and Matsu initially go to Yamaguchi?

3. Where does Matsu invite Stephen after his father leaves?

4. What does Stephen expect to be his only solace in Tarumi?

5. Why does Stephen originally buy the journal?

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