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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the bench that Kazu sees an old man on so still he seems he could be dead described?
(a) Bright and comfortable.
(b) Sarcophagus-like.
(c) Cold and uninviting.
(d) Dream-like.

2. What does Kazu worry may have happened the night Setsuko died?
(a) She killed herself.
(b) Somebody killed her.
(c) She tried to call for him but he was too drunk to hear.
(d) She had an allergic reaction to something she ate at the ceremony.

3. Kazu walked the earth around Shino-bazu Pond the last time he had to evacuate Ueno Park and recalled what of the Pond's history?
(a) It was where his ancestors first arrived.
(b) It was a burial ground for unknown soldiers.
(c) It was the location of the former Imperial Palace.
(d) It was once a horse-racing track.

4. How old were Kazu's children when he left for Tokyo?
(a) 21 and 24.
(b) 3 and 5.
(c) 14 and 18.
(d) 10 and 12.

5. What do some believe happened to the homeless man Kazu recalls hearing tell his life story and sob?
(a) His wife took him back.
(b) He was killed by some teenagers.
(c) He moved into a homeless shelter.
(d) He jump in front of a train.

Short Answer Questions

1. What artist's work is on exhibit at the Ueno Royal Art Museum?

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

3. What does Kazu see at Ueno Park less than 30 minutes after the homeless were supposed to have left the park?

4. What items did some homeless people sell to secondhand bookstores to earn some money?

5. What was the first rose Kazu says he ever held and where?

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