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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kazu overhears one women tell another that their friend has not gotten out of bed since what happened?
(a) Her child was born.
(b) Her son passed away.
(c) Her father died.
(d) Her husband left her.

2. For what industry did the homeless man Kazu hears crying work before he became homeless?
(a) Finance.
(b) Construction.
(c) Real Estate.
(d) Fishing.

3. How many evictions notices had Kazu received that November in 2006?
(a) 12.
(b) 5.
(c) 25.
(d) 1.

4. What is Kazu's wife's name?
(a) Yoko.
(b) Mari.
(c) Setsuko.
(d) Koichi.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Kazu begin having trouble sleeping after his wife died?

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

3. What gift from Yoko and Setsuko did Kazu still have while homeless?

4. What would Kazu do to help his family during his time off from harvesting kelp?

5. Who lent Kazu his mourning clothes, which Setsuko gave him on the day of Koichi's funeral?

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