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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Autumn: October, 1938.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Keiko say her father has brought shame to the family?
(a) By requiring her to speak to Stephen on the family's behalf.
(b) By letting her brother fight in an unjust war.
(c) By alllowing Stephen to provoke him.
(d) By being rude.

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

3. What are Stephen's feelings surrounding Penelope's war efforts?
(a) He resents that she spends her life in this way.
(b) He understands her need to help.
(c) He feels guilty that she is there while he is in Japan.
(d) He commends her bravery.

4. What does Matsu tell Stephen about Sachi as a child?
(a) That she could sleep until noon.
(b) That she had great energy.
(c) That she had a gift with plants.
(d) That she had a gift with animals.

5. What does Sachi show Stephen in her garden the day after the fire?
(a) A new rock formation.
(b) A pale yellow bird in its nest.
(c) A blue-purple flower.
(d) A speckled fish in the pond.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Keiko do when Stephen asks her to meet him at the shrine?

2. Why doesn't Stephen ask Matsu to go along on his visit to Sachi?

3. Where does Stephen first see Keiko?

4. Who does Stephen say he is happy to discover he will spend New Year's with?

5. What story does Sachi's caregiver in Yamaguchi tell her?

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