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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 26 - 52.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to much of Kazu and his family's things right around Koichi's birth?
(a) They sold most of their things to neighbors.
(b) Everything got washed away in a tsunami.
(c) They were repossessed.
(d) Someone robbed them.

2. How much education did Kazu complete before going to work to help support his family?
(a) Some college.
(b) High school.
(c) Elementary school.
(d) Middle school.

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

4. What year was Kazu born?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1953.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1943.

5. Why did Kazu stay outside of Ueno Station when he was alive?
(a) He sold watches and jewelry outside the station.
(b) He was homeless and that is where many homeless people lived.
(c) He was a police officer assigned to patrol the area.
(d) He worked as a ticketer at the station.

Short Answer Questions

1. What unusual fact do readers learn about the narrator at the start of the story?

2. What was Kazu distraught when his wife needed a midwife while she was in labor with their son?

3. How old were Kazu's parents when they died?

4. 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?

5. What word does Kazu use when he thinks of what Shige was like when he knew him?

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