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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kazu says that 300 cans will earn you about 600 yen. What is something he says one can do with 600 yen?
(a) Have a shower or get a coffee.
(b) See a movie.
(c) Get a hotel for a night.
(d) Have a fancy dinner.

2. How old did Shige tell Kazu he was when he had his only child?
(a) 17.
(b) 55.
(c) 40.
(d) 20.

3. How much was the homeless man Kazu listens to making in his profession before the bubble burst and his company went under?
(a) 45,000 yen/ month.
(b) 17,000 yen /month.
(c) 800,000 yen/ month.
(d) 1 million yen/ month.

4. What does Kazu wonder about regarding Shige after Kazu's death?
(a) Kazu wonders what Shige did for a living before he was homeless.
(b) Kazu wonders if Shige was saddened by his death.
(c) Kazu wonders if he should have let Shige tell him his life story.
(d) Kazu wonders if the things Shige told him were all lies.

5. What is one thing Pure Land followers did that angered the natives in Soma?
(a) They built reservoirs.
(b) They honored their dead in a way the Soma did not believe in.
(c) They prayed day and night.
(d) They worked even during Nomaoi festival.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kazu say he never did regarding the cabaret hostess?

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

3. Who lent Kazu his mourning clothes, which Setsuko gave him on the day of Koichi's funeral?

4. What announcement is heard at the end of the novel?

5. What is Kazu's wife's name?

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