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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 161 - 180 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the hostess Kazu met at the caberet club in Shinsekai?
(a) Junko.
(b) Mari.
(c) Miro.
(d) Yoko.

2. What was something Kazu thought as the emperor passed in his car outside Tokyo Metropolitan?
(a) He and the emperor look alike.
(b) He and the emperor were from the same town.
(c) He and the emperor were the same age.
(d) The emperor did not care about the homeless.

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

4. Though the Soma gave Kazu's ancestor's land why were they unable to grow anything at first?
(a) They did not know how to work the land.
(b) There was a long drought when they first arrived.
(c) They did not get enough sun.
(d) They did not give them the right to irrigate the land.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Shige say he and Kazu needed to find shelter from the day after he invited Kazu to his hut?

2. After working in Onamaha for two years, What did Kazu do with his father on Kitamigita Beach?

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

4. Who left a message for Kazu to tell him his son died while he was working in Hokkaido?

5. How much money does Kazu send him to his family when he first moves to Tokyo?

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