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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 did Kazu do at the 49th day mourning ceremony, which he did not typically do?
(a) He comforted the chief mourner.
(b) He made a speech.
(c) He cried.
(d) He drank too much sake.

2. How many children does Kazu's daughter Yoko have?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

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

4. How old was Kazu when he started living in Ueno Park?
(a) 27.
(b) 67.
(c) 88.
(d) 45.

5. What did Kazu think was going to happen to him after he died?
(a) He would be reborn.
(b) He would haunt his living family members.
(c) Nothing.
(d) He would be reunited with dead family members.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the pictures exhibited at the Ueno Royal Art Museum display?

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

3. What did Kazu do as the Kaempfer cicadas sing while he laid Setsuko's remains near their son?

4. What did Kazu's mother tell him on the night of Koichi's funeral?

5. What does Kazu wonder about after Shige died?

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