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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 is used to describe how Kazu felt about how he lived his life after his son Koichi died?
(a) Distraught.
(b) Overjoyed.
(c) Dissatisfied.
(d) Nostalgic.

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

3. What does Kazu feel may be the only thing he left on earth?
(a) A sense of tiredness.
(b) Material objects.
(c) Pollution.
(d) Despondence.

4. What did Kazu notice as he stared at his son's face after he died?
(a) He noticed how much is son looked like his father.
(b) He noticed his son looked like him.
(c) He noticed how handsome his son was.
(d) He noticed how much his son resembled Setsuko.

5. How old was Kazu when the war ended?
(a) 7.
(b) 12.
(c) 21.
(d) 16.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What news did Kazu receive about his son just days before his death?

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

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

5. Who did Kazu see at the Haramachi train station on August 5, 1947?

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