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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

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

Because they are impractical for a young boy.

Because overalls are for the working class.

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

Because overalls is a foreign word.

2.

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

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

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

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

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

3.

What is the little neighbor girl wearing when Yoshiro first sees her? (from Pages 92 - 106)

A grass skirt stitched with pressed flowers.

A long white flowing dress.

A silver metallic suit of armor.

A solar energy-propelled musclewear suit.

4.

Why does Mumei want to paint the walls of the house blue? (from Pages 1 - 31)

Because he is never content with the way things are.

Because he thinks Yoshiro has bad taste.

To make them look like the sky with pictures of clouds and birds.

To make them look like the ocean with pictures of sharks and turtles.

5.

How does Yoshiro explain Japan's isolation to Mumei? (from Pages 32 - 69)

He compares closing the borders to closing a book; sometimes you have to know when another world is not helping you understand your own.

He explains that it does not make things better but they have no choice but to deal with it.

He compares closing the borders to separating the rooms in the museum with steel doors; if a fire should start in one room it will not spread to the next.

He explains that it makes things better because it keeps Japanese companies from stealing from the poor people of other countries.

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