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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Keiko find Stephen when she heads to Matsu's to visit?
(a) At the temple in Tama.
(b) In Matsu's garden.
(c) At the beach.
(d) On the road to her house.

2. What does Stephen's mother's letter tell him about her plans in the letter he receives in May of 1938?
(a) That she is going to visit his father in Kobe.
(b) That she is expecting Pie home on leave from the Red Cross.
(c) That she and Pie might visit Henry and Anne.
(d) That she will not travel until the war is over.

3. What object does Tomoko ask Matsu to bring to her after she is afflicted with leprosy?
(a) A pen and paper.
(b) Her father's fishing knife.
(c) His father's fishing net.
(d) Rocks for her garden.

4. What does the letter say Penelope feels about donating money for the refuges?
(a) Money could build a hospital for the refugees.
(b) It's not enough to donate money.
(c) It is the responsibility of every Japanese citizen to give money.
(d) Money could feed all the refugees.

5. How does Sachi respond to the way Matsu and Stephen arrive at her house?
(a) With gratitude.
(b) She laughs.
(c) She smiles, but is confused.
(d) She tells them to come inside.

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

7. What is Matsu's response to what Stephen tells him about Keiko as the two men work in the garden?
(a) He says that Stephen will forget her in time.
(b) That one should never give up on love.
(c) It doesn't mean that she wasn't important in his life.
(d) Things that are meant to be will be.

8. Where has Matsu been when he returns to the beach house?
(a) Mailing Stephen's letters.
(b) Helping Sachi.
(c) The teahouse.
(d) The funeral.

9. When does Stephen see the fishing knife that belonged to Matsu's and Tomoko's father?
(a) After they return from Yamaguchi, he sees Matsu sharpening it.
(b) At Kenzo's teahouse, where it sits behind the bar.
(c) In Yamaguchi, where Matsu points to a leper who uses it.
(d) At Sachi's, when she tells him her story.

10. Why does Stephen say he feels cheated?
(a) He did not get to work in Sachi's garden as planned.
(b) He resents the time spent on rebuilding the houses.
(c) Matsu interrupted Sachi's story.
(d) He didn't get to thank Sachi properly for sharing her story.

11. Who sends Stephen a letter that says Penelope is working with the Red Cross?
(a) King.
(b) Pie.
(c) His mother.
(d) Henry.

12. What does the Summer: June through July 1938 chapter say that Stephen is doing that prevents him from journal writing?
(a) Helping Sachi in her garden.
(b) Helping Matsu in his garden.
(c) Rebuilding homes in Yamaguchi.
(d) Finishing a drawing of Yamaguchi.

13. What do the old men that Stephen sees in Tarumi agree upon?
(a) That the war will end soon.
(b) That the war should end before more Japanese are killed.
(c) That the Chinese should end the war to limit their losses.
(d) That the Japanese Army is destined to win the war.

14. What dream does Stephen record in his journal?
(a) Of Keiko and Pie building houses in Yamaguchi.
(b) Of his parents having tea with Sachi.
(c) Of Pie handing out bandages to the lepers.
(d) Of the Japanese Army invading Yamaguchi.

15. Who does Stephen refer to when he notes that they will never "drift away from each other"?
(a) Stephen and Pie.
(b) Matsu and Stephen.
(c) Stephen and Keiko.
(d) Matsu and Sachi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who dies in the Summer: June through July, 1938 chapter?

2. Who does Stephen refer to as "master of the house" in the journal entry about his September, 1938 visit?

3. What dampens Stephen's enjoyment on the walk to Yamaguchi?

4. What was Sachi's impression of Matsu when they first met?

5. What are Stephen's feelings surrounding Penelope's war efforts?

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