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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. What does Penelope do for the Red Cross?
(a) She brings food and clothing to the refugees.
(b) She cooks for the wounded and refugees.
(c) She is a nurse.
(d) Rolls bandages and sorts clothes.

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

3. Who does Stephen meet in Yamaguchi?
(a) Ching.
(b) Sachi.
(c) Keiko.
(d) A doctor.

4. What are Stephen and Matsu doing when the wave crashes into the garden?
(a) Arguing about Sachi.
(b) Catching fish from the fish pond.
(c) Discussing Stephen's father.
(d) Talking by the bridge.

5. Who is there when Stephen regains consciousness after being hit by the wave?
(a) Kenzo.
(b) Sachi.
(c) Keiko.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the mood surrounding Stephen's visit to the Tama shrine?

2. What is a shime-nawa?

3. What is the name of the object Stephen gives Matsu for luck?

4. What news is received that dampens the spirits of Stephen, Matsu, and their visitor?

5. What does the throwing of beans represent?

(see the answer key)

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