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

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

3. Who brought Kazu and his wife to the morgue after their son's death?
(a) Mari.
(b) Kazu's mother.
(c) Yoko.
(d) Yoko's husband.

4. Who is typically the person to carry the funeral tablet at a funeral?
(a) The priest.
(b) The daughter.
(c) The son.
(d) The father.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What year was Kazu born?

3. What was Kazu's first job when he moved to Tokyo?

4. What unusual fact do readers learn about the narrator at the start of the story?

5. How much money does Kazu send him to his family when he first moves to Tokyo?

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