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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the homeless man tell the homeless woman he will do if he wins 5,000 on the horse race?
(a) Get a cat.
(b) Buy a new jacket.
(c) Split the money with her.
(d) Get a hotel for the night.

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

3. What did Kazu's mother tell him on the night of Koichi's funeral?
(a) Koichi was just like Kazu.
(b) Kazu never had any luck.
(c) Kazu was a terrible father.
(d) Koichi loved his father very much.

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

5. What did Kazu find interesting about the calendar hung up in Shige's hut?
(a) He had lots of people's birthdays written on it.
(b) Each month had a picture of a different family member.
(c) He had indicated several medical appointments that month.
(d) He had circled some days in red and some in blue.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Shige say he and Kazu needed to find shelter from the day after he invited Kazu to his hut?

3. How much education did Kazu complete before going to work to help support his family?

4. How old was Kazu when he went to Tokyo to find work?

5. How did Kazu and Setsuko know each other prior to getting married?

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