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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are homeless people often evicted from the park where they live?
(a) They are evicted because they often cause problems in the park.
(b) They are evicted because the locals complain about their presence.
(c) They are evicted because it is illegal to be homeless in Tokyo.
(d) They are evicted whenever the imperial family comes to visit a local museum.

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

3. Why was Kazu unable to take his children on a helicopter ride in Haramachi during the Bon holidays when they were young?
(a) The children were too young.
(b) They arrived too late.
(c) His wife would not allow it.
(d) Tickets were too expensive.

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

5. Who left a message for Kazu to tell him his son died while he was working in Hokkaido?
(a) His wife.
(b) His daughter.
(c) The police.
(d) His neighbor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year was Kazu born?

2. Why did the midwife say the birth of their son Koichi was a blessing?

3. What is Kazu's wife's name?

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

5. What happened to much of Kazu and his family's things right around Koichi's birth?

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