1 Where is the first section of Burnt Shadows set? Nagasaki, Japan Hiroshima, Japan Karachi, Pakistan Okinawa, Japan 2 How old is Hiroko when the novel opens? 43 29 25 21 3 How old is Konrad? 29 21 33 36 4 Why is Konrad in Nagasaki? He followed Hiroko there, who he believes to be the love of his life He was escaping wartime Germany He accidentally ended up there after boarding a ship he thought was headed towards Okinawa He got into a fight with his sister, Elizabeth, and needed to leave her home in Delhi 5 How many years has Konrad been in Nagasaki? 7 12 5 2 6 How did Hiroko and Konrad meet? Hiroko's father and Konrad are good friends Hiroko is Konrad's German teacher Konrad and Hiroko are working on a translation project together Konrad saved Hiroko's life by pulling her out of the way of a passing train 7 Why does Konrad hang his journals from a wire in his backyard? Because they contain lewd drawings of Hiroko Because they contain stories about his past life and he can no longer bear to look at them Because they contain notes on foreigners in Japan, which has become enough grounds to imprison him Because he wants to make Hiroko smile 8 What does Konrad ask Hiroko the last time they see each other? to translate his upcoming novel to move to England with him to meet her father to marry him 9 Where does Hiroko go immediately after she leaves Nagasaki? she moves to Delhi to look for Konrad's sister, Elizabeth she moves to Tokyo, where she does translating work for some Americans she moves to New York City in the hopes of starting a new life she moves to Karachi, where she meets Sajjad, who she will eventually marry 10 Why does Hiroko eventually stop working for the Americans? because they see her as tainted by the bomb, a hibakusha because she felt like she was betraying her country because one of them tried to hit on her because they justified the atomic bomb as it "saved American lives" 11 Why does Hiroko hate the word "hibakusha"? after she leaves Japan, she refuses to speak Japanese ever again it is a mis-translation of another Japanese word it is used to refer to survivors of the atomic bomb derogatorily it was Konrad's nickname for Hiroko 12 How do Elizabeth and James treat Hiroko when she first arrives at their home? they welcome her but treat her with suspicion they ask her a million questions about what life was like in Japan they refuse to welcome her in to their home and take time opening up to her they shower her with condolences and pity 13 Why does Hiroko begin classes with Sajjad? she wants him to teach her Urdu he wants to learn about Japanese history she wants to learn about Indian history she wants to teach him German 14 Why is Sajjad working for James Burton? Sajjad wants to "move up in the world" by associating with the English Sajjad likes James and considers him a dear friend James is a solicitor and Sajjad wants to be a lawyer one day James made a deal with Sajjad's parents 15 What is putting Sajjad's arranged marriage on hold? political unrest in India and the threat of the upcoming Partition Sajjad rejects every possible suitor because he wants to marry a "modern woman" Sajjad rejects every possible suitor because he wants to marry Hiroko in particular Sajjad's mother cannot decide on a suitor because no one seems to be good enough for her favorite son 16 Why did Sajjad shake his head at Hiroko the first time that they met? He is put off by Hiroko's immodest clothing She asks him if he remembers Konrad and he doesn't He saw that Hiroko was about to address him as an equal, which would have upset the Burtons He didn't understand this new foreigner and was threatened by her presence in her employer's home 17 How do Konrad and Hiroko find mutual understanding? They share memories about Konrad They express mutual annoyance at the Burtons They are the same age and they both love cricket They share a mutual fascination with language 18 What is the first Urdu term that Sajjad teaches Hiroko? the word for headscarf, "dupatta" the word for neighborhood, "moholla" the word for family, "kunba" the first letter, alif 19 How are Urdu and Japanese similar? their scripts are both not written left-to-right they share the same word for neighborhood, "moholla" they are both incredibly difficult to learn they have similar etymologies 20 How do Elizabeth and James feel about Hiroko's Urdu lessons? they think that it means Hiroko is "one of them" they think it is suspicious and makes Hiroko suspect they feel like it's a waste of time they feel like it's just a passing fancy, which will soon be replaced by other interests 21 What request does Hiroko make that leads to Sajjad taking her and the Burtons to Qutb Minar? She says she needs to leave the Barton residence She says she wants to learn more about the history there after reading about it in a book She says she wants to go sightseeing She asks to see Sajjad's world 22 Who seemingly "disrupts all hierarchies" between Sajjad and the Burtons? Lala Buksh Elizabeth Hiroko Konrad 23 What does Elizabeth refer to as "the stigmata of the blue-blooded"? stains on clothing injuries from playing cricket scars in the shape of birds ink spills 24 Which of these characters does Elizabeth write a letter to in "Veiled Birds"? her brother Konrad her friend Rachel her cousin Willie her husband James 25 Where is James and Elizabeth's son during "Veiled Birds"? he is living in Miami he has died from a freak streetcar accident he is working for the CIA in Pakistan on a covert operation he is in boarding school in England