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Name Matsu's sisters.

Fumiko and Tomoko

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This is what Kenzo shouted at Sachi when he saw her for the first time in forty years

"You really are a Monster!"

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What duality can be seen in Sachi's face?
Beauty and Ugliness (or sickness and health)
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Stephen compares getting used to being alone to...
An empty canvas you slowly begin to fill
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"Matsu was like a bull,"
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Name Stephen's friend and Keiko's sister

King and Mika

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(DAILY DOUBLE!!!) What was Sachi's plan to commit seppuku?

Drown herself in the ocean

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What duality can be seen in the comparison between Hong Kong and Tarumi?
Urban vs Rural (or city vs village, clean vs dirty, busy vs peaceful)
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What are three things Matsu is compared to?
A bull, a mountain, a samurai, a monster, the kami of Yamaguchi
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"Now I understand everything! She's all yours, Matsu, no one else would want her!"
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300

Which character scares the dickens out of Sachi, only later to become her main source of comfort?

Michiko

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What two unexpected events happen at Kenzo's funeral?
Keiko's father gives Stephen the evil eye, and Sachi comes down from Yamaguchi.
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What duality can be seen in the difficulty of Keiko and Stephen's relationship?
Japan vs China (or family vs friends)
300
The bridge in Matsu's garden represents...
"The samurai's difficult path from this world to the afterlife."
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"Nothing will change, Stephen. Nothing."
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400
What are the names and nicknames of Stephen's family?
Penelope, Henry, Anne, Mah-mee, Ba-ba
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How many houses were destroyed in the Yamaguchi fire?
Two
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What is the best duality to sum up the difference between Matsu and Sachi's gardens?
Living vs Non-living
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The story of Sumiko the pearl diver disappearing into the sea is a metaphor for...
Michiko getting leprosy and leaving her family.
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"I will never forget the look in his eyes when he realized it wasn't a joke-- a look of both fear and betrayal."
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500
What is Keiko's brother's name?
Toshiro
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(DAILY DOUBLE!!!!) What happened at the Tama Matsuri Festival?
Matsu saved Sachi from being trampled, but Kenzo got the credit
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Stephen is a part of many dualities, but you could say he started the novel on one side of this duality and ends on the other side.
Child vs Adult (foolish vs wise)
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When Matsu finds Sachi in the woods after she fails to commit seppuku, what does he ask her?
If she is really Sachi, or the fox god, Inari.
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"Sachi likes her eggs scrambled as you do"
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