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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Stephen note about the garden when he and Matsu return from Yamaguchi?
(a) It is changed.
(b) A new reddish rock has been added.
(c) There is new growth everywhere.
(d) It remains unchanged.

2. What does Keiko do when Stephen asks her to meet him at the shrine?
(a) Says he brings shame on her family.
(b) Touches his hand when no one is looking and leaves.
(c) Looks in his eyes and nods.
(d) Begs him to leave her alone.

3. What does Stephen suggest in his letter to his mother?
(a) That he should stay in Tarumi.
(b) That she should come to Tarumi.
(c) That he should return home to China.
(d) That Pie should come to Tarumi.

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

5. What does Stephen's mother recommend in her May, 1938 letter to him?
(a) That Henry and Anne should go to Tarumi.
(b) That he should stay in Tarumi.
(c) That Pie should go to Tarumi.
(d) That he should return home to China.

6. What was Sachi's impression of Matsu when they first met?
(a) He seemed at peace.
(b) He seemed overly serious.
(c) He seemed very angry.
(d) He seemed anxious.

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

8. Who tells about the 1923 event that destroyed all the houses and left many dead?
(a) Hiro.
(b) Matsu.
(c) Akio.
(d) Sachi.

9. Who dies in the Summer: June through July, 1938 chapter?
(a) King.
(b) Michiko.
(c) Fumiko.
(d) Hiro.

10. What does Sachi say was Kenzo's reaction when Sachi first told him she had leprosy?
(a) He wept openly.
(b) He raged at God.
(c) He walked away and never returned.
(d) He promised to care for her.

11. Why does Stephen say something has changed between himself and Keiko?
(a) There is an awkwardness he doesn't understand.
(b) They are more intimate because she watched him sleep.
(c) Her anger and bitterness have lessened.
(d) They are friendly again because they shared a picnic.

12. Who does Sachi say was Matsu's opposite?
(a) Kenzo.
(b) Tomoko.
(c) Sachi.
(d) Hiro.

13. What are the Plum Rains?
(a) Six weeks of festivals that travel from town to town.
(b) Six weeks of rain.
(c) A harvest festival at the Tama shrine.
(d) A Japanese form of poetry.

14. What tragedy befalls Keiko's family?
(a) Their house burns.
(b) Her sister drowns.
(c) Her father dies suddenly.
(d) Her brother is killed in the war.

15. What does Stephen tell Matsu about Keiko as the two men work in the garden?
(a) That he regrets their time together.
(b) That he won't be seeing her anymore.
(c) That he is meeting her soon.
(d) That he's never felt this close to another person.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reports does Stephen record about the war in his May 15th, 1938 journal entry?

2. To what is Tomoko referring when she tells Matsu that she doesn't want "to live like this"?

3. What promise does Keiko make to Stephen when he walks her halfway home in March?

4. What does Stephen's father tell him his parents agree on when he visits in June of 1938?

5. How does Keiko address her father's behavior to Stephen?

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