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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Stephen decide to pray for?
(a) For his full recovery.
(b) For his parents' marriage.
(c) For all the problems in his life.
(d) For his mother's happiness.

3. Where does Stephen's father spend most of his time?
(a) Canton.
(b) China.
(c) Beach house in Tarumi.
(d) Japan.

4. What does Stephen decide to paint?
(a) Matsu's garden.
(b) Sachi without her sores.
(c) His family.
(d) Keiko at the beach.

5. What gift does Matsu give Stephen after the visit to Yamaguchi?
(a) Part of the garden.
(b) A traditional garment.
(c) A set of expensive paint brushes.
(d) A new canvas.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Stephen give a miniature pine tree in a clay planter?

2. Why doesn't Sachi hide at Matsu's house?

3. What does Stephen notice a lack of in Tarumi?

4. Where does Stephen say the young men of the village are when he visits for Kenzo's burial?

5. What important event occurs at the beginning of Stephen's November journal that leaves him feeling lost?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the visit to Sachi impact the relationship between Stephen and Matsu?

2. Describe the relationship between Kenzo, Matsu, and Sachi when Stephen first meets Kenzo.

3. What does Stephen think of Matsu when they initially meet?

4. What does Stephen struggle with at the Shinto shrine and why?

5. What conflicting accounts of the war does Stephen hear?

6. Describe Sachi's house during the New Year's celebration?

7. How does the removal of Sachi's scarf indicate her growing closeness to Stephen?

8. How does Stephen feel about traveling to Tarumi?

9. What does Stephen's father reveal about Matsu's history?

10. Describe Yamaguchi.

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