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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 is Tomoko's reaction when Matsu tells her about Yamaguchi?
(a) She doesn't listen.
(b) Anger.
(c) Hope.
(d) She tells him to leave her alone.

2. What does Stephen's father tell him his parents agree on when he visits in June of 1938?
(a) Stephen should return to Hong Kong.
(b) Stephen should stay in Tarumi through the summer.
(c) Pie should come to Tarumi.
(d) That their marriage is over.

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

4. What does Stephen have with him when Keiko finds him on the day she pays him a visit in March of 1938?
(a) A letter.
(b) A Japense book of poetry.
(c) A sketch pad.
(d) A daruma doll.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whose grave does Matsu take an offering?

2. How old was Sachi when she became engaged to Kenzo?

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

4. Stephen says he feels like his new life has ended. What does he say he has returned to?

5. How does Sachi respond to the way Matsu and Stephen arrive at her house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how the war is impacting Stephen.

2. How does Sachi incorporate flowers in her garden?

3. How does Sachi change after Michiko's death?

4. Describe Matsu's behavior at Sachi's house.

5. What do Stephen's lack of journal entries due to rebuilding in Yamaguchi indicate?

6. How does Keiko feel about her father's behavior?

7. Why aren't there any journal entries for a month after Kenzo's funeral?

8. What is Sachi's relationship with Michiko?

9. What is the significance of the conversation Stephen and Keiko have on the beach?

10. Where is the Kerria plant found and what does it mean?

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