Emissary Quiz

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What does Yoshiro bury in Thingamabob Cemetery and why? (from Pages 32 - 69)

Mumei's wheelchair because Mumei no longer has trouble walking.

His first historical novel "Ken-to-shi, Emissary to China," because of all its references to foreign countries.

Mumei's thermometer because Dr. Satori tells him the child is no longer sick.

His letters from Amana because he cannot read them anyway.

Why does Yoshiro worry about his daughter Amana? (from Pages 32 - 69)

Because he thinks her letters suggest she is being censored or is hiding something from him.

Because she ran away from her life in Okinawa and moved to Germany.

Because she calls him and tells him things at the orchard in Okinawa are going poorly.

Because she writes to him saying she is being censored.

Why has the yearly ritual of measuring children's height been abolished? (from Pages 107 - 138)

Because the government has forbidden the people from keeping any records of anything.

Because all of the children are now in wheelchairs, and people believe the practice is cruel.

Because children no longer grow due to deteriorating health trends and poor medical practices.

Because children are often too strong to stand, and people believe it is inhuman to stretch them out to measure their length.

Why does the baker tell Yoshiro he no longer paints? (from Pages 1 - 31)

Because he was imprisoned for the paintings he used to make.

Because he always enjoyed making bread more.

Because he does not believe people should make art anymore.

Because everything he painted would look like a foreign place.

Why did people formerly believe that parents should respond immediately to their children's cries? (from Pages 70 - 91)

Because they believed if you let your child cry it out they would later become stubborn and never ask for help.

Because they believed children would never learn how to take care of themselves later if their parents did not take care of them.

Because they believed that the relationship between the parent and child was the most important in the world.

Because they believed the umbilical cord between generations should never be severed.