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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 does the homeless man tell the homeless woman he will do if he wins 5,000 on the horse race?
(a) Buy a new jacket.
(b) Split the money with her.
(c) Get a hotel for the night.
(d) Get a cat.

2. What happened to much of Kazu and his family's things right around Koichi's birth?
(a) Everything got washed away in a tsunami.
(b) Someone robbed them.
(c) They were repossessed.
(d) They sold most of their things to neighbors.

3. Who helped Kazu get a job harvesting kelp in Kiratappu after his son Koichi was born?
(a) Kazu's neighbor.
(b) Kazu's father.
(c) Kazu's schoolmate.
(d) Kazu's uncle.

4. What did Osamu say about Koichi when he looked at his face after Setsuko removed the white cloth?
(a) He was such a kind person.
(b) It did not look like him.
(c) He looked so much like his father.
(d) It looked like he was sleeping.

5. How old was Kazu when he died?
(a) 21.
(b) 9.
(c) 13.
(d) 31.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many younger siblings did Kazu have?

2. What word does Kazu use when he thinks of what Shige was like when he knew him?

3. Why was Kazu unable to take his children on a helicopter ride in Haramachi during the Bon holidays when they were young?

4. What did the priest tell Setsuko people should do when someone dies rather than mourning them?

5. What would Kazu do to help his family during his time off from harvesting kelp?

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