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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 131- 160.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the priest tell Setsuko people should do when someone dies rather than mourning them?
(a) They should try to forget them.
(b) They should thank them for connecting them to the Buddha.
(c) They should think of the good times they had together.
(d) They should pretend they are still alive.

2. What did Setsuko wonder about regarding her son's death?
(a) If he called out for her.
(b) If someone killed him.
(c) What he did just before he died.
(d) Who saw him last.

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

4. How old was Kazu when he began to visit the cabaret club?
(a) 30.
(b) 50.
(c) 40.
(d) 67.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What event coincided with the birth of Kazu's first son?

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

3. What was one thing Kazu noted about his appearance when he looked at himself in a public restroom mirror?

4. What did Shige invite Kazu over to his hut for one night?

5. What brought many of the homeless to Tokyo in the first place?

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