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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the park Kazu haunts and used to live in when he was alive?
(a) Ueno Imperial Gift Park.
(b) Tokyo Rose Garden.
(c) Tokyo Station Public Park.
(d) Ueno Arboretum.

2. Where is Kazu watching people at the start of the story?
(a) Tokyo Museum of Architecture.
(b) Ueno Station.
(c) At the library.
(d) In an airport.

3. What did Kazu's mother tell him on the night of Koichi's funeral?
(a) Koichi was just like Kazu.
(b) Kazu was a terrible father.
(c) Kazu never had any luck.
(d) Koichi loved his father very much.

4. Who lent Kazu his mourning clothes, which Setsuko gave him on the day of Koichi's funeral?
(a) The head of the neighborhood association.
(b) Kazu's father.
(c) Kazu's son-in-law.
(d) Kazu's boss.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Osamu say about Koichi when he looked at his face after Setsuko removed the white cloth?

3. Who left a message for Kazu to tell him his son died while he was working in Hokkaido?

4. How old were Kazu's parents when they died?

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

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