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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Summer: June through July, 1938.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why doesn't Sachi hide at Matsu's house?
(a) She thinks Stephen is entering.
(b) She is tired of hiding.
(c) She is angry.
(d) She doesn't hear anyone enter.

2. What is Stephen's interpretation of his parents' marriage at the end of the December journal entries?
(a) That it is healing.
(b) That it is at a painful point in a growth process.
(c) That it is over.
(d) That it is no more than a business arrangement.

3. What, according to Sachi, is true about Sachi and Tomoko as children?
(a) Both were painfully shy.
(b) They were complete opposites.
(c) They were close.
(d) They fought constantly.

4. Why did Sachi's father take her to shrines after her diagnosis with leprosy?
(a) To atone for her sins.
(b) To pray for healing.
(c) To purify her.
(d) As penance for having failed the family.

5. Why doesn't Stephen's father accompany him to Tarumi?
(a) He must fight with the army.
(b) The war has become as issue for his business.
(c) He has contracted tuberculosis.
(d) The illness of Stephen's mother requires him to return home.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Keiko respond to Stephen's offer to carry her basket of persimmons?

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

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

5. What is a kado-matsu?

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