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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Koichi found dead?
(a) In a jail cell.
(b) In his apartment.
(c) In a park.
(d) At his mother's house.

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

3. 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 whenever the imperial family comes to visit a local museum.
(c) They are evicted because the locals complain about their presence.
(d) They are evicted because it is illegal to be homeless in Tokyo.

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

5. 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?
(a) It belonged to Kazu's son.
(b) It looks like Shige's.
(c) He had seen it in a magazine.
(d) It used to be Kazu's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year was Kazu born?

2. What does Kazu worry his life lacked?

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

4. How old was Setsuko when she and Kazu first married?

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

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