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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many younger siblings did Kazu have?
(a) 7.
(b) 12.
(c) 0.
(d) 2.

2. What word does Kazu use when he thinks of what Shige was like when he knew him?
(a) Generous.
(b) Sly.
(c) Intellectual.
(d) Uneducated.

3. What did the priest tell Setsuko is "humanity's worst impulse" (72)?
(a) To try to imagine a loved one's final moments.
(b) Not allow themselves time to mourn.
(c) To dwell too much on the past.
(d) To try to forget the dead.

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

5. What did Shige ask Kazu to do with him the next day when they were in Shige's hut?
(a) Go to a bookstore.
(b) Go out for breakfast.
(c) Collect cans.
(d) Go to the library.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what industry did the homeless man Kazu hears crying work before he became homeless?

2. What was done with Koichi's body, per the Pure Land custom?

3. Who did Kazu think of when he and Setsuko attended the 49th day mourning ceremony for their neighbor?

4. What is one of the reasons Kazu believes the Tokyo city government wanted to force the homeless out of Ueno Park?

5. What is the name of the park Kazu haunts and used to live in when he was alive?

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