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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 does Kazu hear two women joke about when discussing toy poodles?
(a) They joke that they liked dogs better than people.
(b) They joke that the poodles eat better than people.
(c) They joke that they do not need husbands as long as they have their dogs.
(d) They joke that their dogs are like their children.

2. Why are homeless people often evicted from the park where they live?
(a) They are evicted whenever the imperial family comes to visit a local museum.
(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 because they often cause problems in the park.

3. Where is Kazu originally from?
(a) Soma.
(b) Sapporo.
(c) Hiroshima.
(d) Toyko.

4. What brought many of the homeless to Tokyo in the first place?
(a) They came after their villages were destroyed by tsunamis.
(b) They came because they heard people took care of the homeless.
(c) They came in search of work.
(d) They came to see the Olympics and never left.

5. When was the only time bill collectors did not come to Kazu's when his children were young?
(a) On Mondays.
(b) On weekends.
(c) During dinner.
(d) During New Year's.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Kazu when the war ended?

2. Where is Kazu watching people at the start of the story?

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

4. How old was Kazu when he went to Tokyo to find work?

5. Who helped Kazu get a job harvesting kelp in Kiratappu after his son Koichi was born?

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