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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 109- 130 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Yoko do for her father after Setsuko dies?
(a) She urged him to move in with her.
(b) She moved in with him.
(c) She hired a maid.
(d) She sent her daughter to live with him.

3. What do the two businessmen Kazu observes walking toward the Shimizu Kannon Temple discuss on their walk?
(a) Work.
(b) Their jobs.
(c) The temple.
(d) Food.

4. According to Kazu's father, how long had there ancestors been in Soma?
(a) 200 years.
(b) 50 years.
(c) 500 years.
(d) 100 years.

5. How much education did Kazu complete before going to work to help support his family?
(a) Elementary school.
(b) Middle school.
(c) Some college.
(d) High school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author intersperse between the dialogue Kazu hears between the two women at the Ueno Royal Art Museum?

2. Why did Kazu ultimately decide to move to Tokyo to find work?

3. Because you cannot sell cans in Tokyo, what did Kazu have to do in order to earn money from them?

4. What was done with Koichi's body, per the Pure Land custom?

5. What does Kazu say the cabaret hostesses' perfume smelled like when they danced?

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