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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 131- 160.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are some other things people ask God for in the notes they leave at the temple?
(a) To win the lottery.
(b) To have a healthy baby.
(c) To make someone fall in love with them.
(d) To never be homeless.

2. What did Shige invite Kazu over to his hut for one night?
(a) Sake.
(b) Dinner.
(c) Tea.
(d) Ginko nuts.

3. What news did Kazu receive about his son just days before his death?
(a) He was getting married.
(b) Nobody had heard from him for days.
(c) He was moving to Tokyo.
(d) He had passed the national radiology exam.

4. Because you cannot sell cans in Tokyo, what did Kazu have to do in order to earn money from them?
(a) Crush them with a hammer.
(b) Fill them with water or juice.
(c) Make art out of them.
(d) Cut them up with scissors.

5. What happened to Hokkaido after the Tokyo Olympics?
(a) It became a haven for homeless people.
(b) It became urbanized.
(c) A tsunami hit.
(d) Nobody went there anymore.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is familiar about the jean jacket Kazu sees an old homeless man wearing while talking to a homeless woman about the lack of work?

2. Why were homeless people require to evacuate Ueno Park per the notice on November 20, 2006?

3. What is Kazu's wife's name?

4. What do some believe happened to the homeless man Kazu recalls hearing tell his life story and sob?

5. After seeing a man emerge from his hut near Tenri Bridge, Kazu recalls several days five years after he became homeless when he searched for somewhere in the park to do what?

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