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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 82 - 108 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What happened to much of Kazu and his family's things right around Koichi's birth?
(a) They sold most of their things to neighbors.
(b) Someone robbed them.
(c) They were repossessed.
(d) Everything got washed away in a tsunami.

3. What did Osamu tell Kazu about Koichi at his funeral?
(a) He told him Koichi introduced him to his wife.
(b) He told him Koichi was the most popular kid in their class.
(c) He told him they had worked together.
(d) He told him he made a great speech at his wedding.

4. How often did Kazu visit his children when they were young?
(a) Every other week.
(b) Once a month.
(c) Every holiday, birthday and special occasion.
(d) Once in summer and once in winter.

5. Because you cannot sell cans in Tokyo, what did Kazu have to do in order to earn money from them?
(a) Cut them up with scissors.
(b) Make art out of them.
(c) Fill them with water or juice.
(d) Crush them with a hammer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What brought many of the homeless to Tokyo in the first place?

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

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

4. What happened to Hokkaido after the Tokyo Olympics?

5. What does Kazu wonder about regarding Shige after Kazu's death?

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