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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Why does Yoshiro worry about his daughter Amana? (from Pages 32 - 69)

Because she ran away from her life in Okinawa and moved to Germany.

Because she calls him and tells him things at the orchard in Okinawa are going poorly.

Because he thinks her letters suggest she is being censored or is hiding something from him.

Because she writes to him saying she is being censored.

2.

Why does Yoshiro decide not to call the police after Mumei is born? (from Pages 70 - 91)

Because he is afraid they will arrest the child's father for his drug use.

Because he feels they will only blame him for his grand-son's disappearance.

Because he feels his mother's death and father's disappearance are private matters.

Because he is afraid they will blame the child's father for the death of his mother.

3.

What is it about Mumei that sometimes spooks Yoshiro? (from Pages 1 - 31)

His obsession with pulling out his milk teeth just so he can visit the dentist.

His seeming ability to read people's minds as if he were reading a book.

His occasional belief that the earth is in his throat and chest.

His seeming ability to turn himself into a bird, flapping his arms like wings.

4.

Why does the ability to understand even a little English act as evidence of old age? (from Pages 32 - 69)

Because the people of the new generation are too simple-minded to even attempt learning English.

Because studying English is now prohibited and young people do not even know simple words in the language.

Because studying English is something few people care about anymore.

Because the older generation was much more reliant on English to communicate in the past.

5.

What does Yoshiro tell Mumei about the old folks that fascinates him? (from Pages 92 - 106)

That they used to eat shark and penguin meat.

That they used to travel to Russia and Germany often.

That they used to eat bird's innards and pregnant river fish.

That they used to speak only in English.

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