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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 82 - 108 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Kazu see at the Haramachi train station on August 5, 1947?
(a) Shige.
(b) Emperor Hirohito.
(c) His wife for the first time.
(d) His father.

2. What are some things Kazu says about himself and his life at the start of the story?
(a) He lacked confidence and had bad luck.
(b) He made a lot of money and was very generous.
(c) He was a well-dressed intellectual.
(d) He was confident and quite a lady's man.

3. What does Kazu wonder about regarding Shige after Kazu's death?
(a) Kazu wonders if the things Shige told him were all lies.
(b) Kazu wonders what Shige did for a living before he was homeless.
(c) Kazu wonders if he should have let Shige tell him his life story.
(d) Kazu wonders if Shige was saddened by his death.

4. Where is Kazu originally from?
(a) Sapporo.
(b) Soma.
(c) Hiroshima.
(d) Toyko.

5. What does Kazu feel may be the only thing he left on earth?
(a) Despondence.
(b) Material objects.
(c) A sense of tiredness.
(d) Pollution.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Kazu's mother tell him on the night of Koichi's funeral?

2. Why does Kazu think of his family when he passes the Statue of Times Forgotten?

3. Why did Kazu not want Shige to tell him what he had done to hurt his family?

4. How is the bench that Kazu sees an old man on so still he seems he could be dead described?

5. What took up most of the space in Shige's hut?

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