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

2. Why does Kazu think of his family when he passes the Statue of Times Forgotten?
(a) Because he feels his time with them is being forgotten.
(b) Because it depicts a woman with her children.
(c) Because they used to go there often when his children were young.
(d) Because it depicts a man who looked like his father.

3. What unusual fact do readers learn about the narrator at the start of the story?
(a) He has not yet been born.
(b) He is an infant.
(c) He is a dog.
(d) He is dead.

4. What was Kazu's first job when he moved to Tokyo?
(a) Constructing athletic facilities for the Tokyo Olympics.
(b) Driving the imperial family around Tokyo.
(c) Maintaining the garden at Ueno Park.
(d) Cleaning offices.

5. Where was Koichi found dead?
(a) At his mother's house.
(b) In his apartment.
(c) In a park.
(d) In a jail cell.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who left a message for Kazu to tell him his son died while he was working in Hokkaido?

2. What event coincided with the birth of Kazu's first son?

3. What are some of the ways Kazu recalls getting food when he was homeless?

4. What year was Kazu born?

5. Who brought Kazu and his wife to the morgue after their son's death?

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