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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 does Kazu say the cabaret hostesses' perfume smelled like when they danced?
(a) White rose.
(b) Baby powder.
(c) His wife's perfume.
(d) Lavender.

2. Where is Kazu watching people at the start of the story?
(a) In an airport.
(b) Ueno Station.
(c) Tokyo Museum of Architecture.
(d) At the library.

3. What did the priest tell Setsuko is "humanity's worst impulse" (72)?
(a) To dwell too much on the past.
(b) Not allow themselves time to mourn.
(c) To try to forget the dead.
(d) To try to imagine a loved one's final moments.

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

5. What had Setsuko told Kazu not long before her death?
(a) She felt sick and should see a doctor.
(b) She did not want to die before he did.
(c) She felt she had lived a full life and it was time to move on.
(d) She knew she would die while the cicadas were singing.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What was Kazu's first job in Onahama?

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

5. Why does Kazu think of his family when he passes the Statue of Times Forgotten?

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