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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Autumn: November through December 2, 1937.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news is received that dampens the spirits of Stephen, Matsu, and their visitor?
(a) A child from the village has drowned.
(b) The Japanese Army is advancing.
(c) The Japanese have taken over a key city.
(d) The storm has devastated the village.

2. What does Stephen's mother ask him to do?
(a) Find out about his father's affair.
(b) Talk to his father about his affair.
(c) Return to his father's home in Japan.
(d) Come home in her time of need.

3. Who is Tomoko?
(a) Keiko's sister.
(b) Sachi's sister.
(c) Kenzo's sister.
(d) Matsu's sister.

4. Why does Stephen originally buy the journal?
(a) To provide his mother with a written account of his travels.
(b) To fulfill the requirements of one of his classes at Canton.
(c) To celebrate and document his journey to Tarumi.
(d) To document the effects of his illness.

5. What two people do Stephen and his father discuss shortly before his father's departure?
(a) Matsu and Matsu's sister.
(b) Pie and Keiko.
(c) King and Stephen's mother.
(d) Henry and Anne.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stephen give Sachi in this second visit?

2. Who is the person who meets Stephen at the train station in Tarumi?

3. Where does Stephen first see Keiko?

4. How does Stephen describe the houses in the village of Yamaguchi?

5. Who does Stephen meet in Yamaguchi?

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