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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Why does Yoshiro often have trouble writing? (from Pages 1 - 31)

Because taking care of Mumei consumes all of his time.

Because he feels it is a useless art and often becomes discouraged.

Because Marika once told him he would never make any change by writing novels.

Because all the things he wants to write about are forbidden, including all mention of foreign places.

2.

Why does Yoshiro believe Nature herself chose him to be Mumei's guardian? (from Pages 92 - 106)

Because he was the only person to become intoxicated by Mumei's milky infant fragrance.

Because Mumei's parents were not his actual parents anyway.

Because he is the only person who is able to understand Mumei's quirks.

Because Mumei's parents disappeared and there was no one else to do it.

3.

Why does Yoshiro tell Mumei he cannot have overalls? (from Pages 92 - 106)

Because they will get up and run off in the night.

Because overalls are for the working class.

Because overalls is a foreign word.

Because they are impractical for a young boy.

4.

Why did people formerly believe that parents should respond immediately to their children's cries? (from Pages 70 - 91)

Because they believed if you let your child cry it out they would later become stubborn and never ask for help.

Because they believed children would never learn how to take care of themselves later if their parents did not take care of them.

Because they believed that the relationship between the parent and child was the most important in the world.

Because they believed the umbilical cord between generations should never be severed.

5.

What does Yoshiro bury in Thingamabob Cemetery and why? (from Pages 32 - 69)

His first historical novel "Ken-to-shi, Emissary to China," because of all its references to foreign countries.

Mumei's thermometer because Dr. Satori tells him the child is no longer sick.

Mumei's wheelchair because Mumei no longer has trouble walking.

His letters from Amana because he cannot read them anyway.

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