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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 edible product did some homeless people sell to make enough money to feed themselves?
(a) Blueberries.
(b) Fish.
(c) Muffins.
(d) Ginko nuts.

2. What does the homeless man tell the homeless woman he will do if he wins 5,000 on the horse race?
(a) Buy a new jacket.
(b) Get a hotel for the night.
(c) Split the money with her.
(d) Get a cat.

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

4. What does Kazu recall about the war despite being young when it began?
(a) He recalls being hungry due to food shortages.
(b) He recalls a neighbor who was killed during the war.
(c) He recalls being frightened he would have to fight.
(d) He recalls his parents discussing it over dinner.

5. Why did Kazu stay outside of Ueno Station when he was alive?
(a) He was a police officer assigned to patrol the area.
(b) He worked as a ticketer at the station.
(c) He was homeless and that is where many homeless people lived.
(d) He sold watches and jewelry outside the station.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were Kazu's ancestors known as?

2. What is familiar about the jean jacket Kazu sees an old homeless man wearing while talking to a homeless woman about the lack of work?

3. What did Kazu think was going to happen to him after he died?

4. Because you cannot sell cans in Tokyo, what did Kazu have to do in order to earn money from them?

5. What word is used to describe how Kazu felt about how he lived his life after his son Koichi died?

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