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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of Tokyo Ueno Station?
(a) Yoko Mori.
(b) Haruki Murakami.
(c) Kazu Mori.
(d) Yu Miri.

2. Why did Kazu's coworkers stop inviting him out for drinks?
(a) He did not handle his liquor well.
(b) He was boring.
(c) He was rude to them.
(d) He never paid.

3. How old was Kazu when the war ended?
(a) 7.
(b) 16.
(c) 21.
(d) 12.

4. How old was Kazu when he went to Tokyo to find work?
(a) 43.
(b) 21.
(c) 12.
(d) 30.

5. 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) Someone robbed them.
(c) Everything got washed away in a tsunami.
(d) They were repossessed.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Kazu feel may be the only thing he left on earth?

3. 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?

4. What was Kazu's first job in Onahama?

5. How much money does Kazu send him to his family when he first moves to Tokyo?

(see the answer key)

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