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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 53 - 81.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Kazu think of his family when he passes the Statue of Times Forgotten?
(a) Because he feels his time with them is being forgotten.
(b) Because they used to go there often when his children were young.
(c) Because it depicts a man who looked like his father.
(d) Because it depicts a woman with her children.

2. What does Kazu recall about the war despite being young when it began?
(a) He recalls a neighbor who was killed during the war.
(b) He recalls being frightened he would have to fight.
(c) He recalls his parents discussing it over dinner.
(d) He recalls being hungry due to food shortages.

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

4. What do Pure Land followers believe happens to their dead?
(a) They are gone forever.
(b) They return to visit their family once a year during Bon festival.
(c) They are reincarnated and come back to the same family.
(d) They are reborn as Buddhas and watch over their family every day.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Kazu stay outside of Ueno Station when he was alive?

3. What was Koichi's body covered with after the funeral service?

4. 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?

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

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