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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 131- 160.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Kazu see at the Haramachi train station on August 5, 1947?
(a) His father.
(b) His wife for the first time.
(c) Shige.
(d) Emperor Hirohito.

2. What was Kazu's first job when he moved to Tokyo?
(a) Cleaning offices.
(b) Constructing athletic facilities for the Tokyo Olympics.
(c) Maintaining the garden at Ueno Park.
(d) Driving the imperial family around Tokyo.

3. What was the first rose Kazu says he ever held and where?
(a) A pink rose in Fukushima.
(b) A yellow rose in Shige's hut.
(c) A white rose at Shinsekai.
(d) A red rose in Tokyo.

4. What would Kazu do to help his family during his time off from harvesting kelp?
(a) He would sell newspapers.
(b) He would harvest rice.
(c) He would fix things around the house.
(d) He would take his kids on a trip to give his wife a break.

5. What is one of the things Setsuko found most painful about her son's death?
(a) Kazu was so far away when he died.
(b) She could not get in touch with Kazu when she first learned of their son's death.
(c) She did not know how he died.
(d) She was not with him in his time of need.

Short Answer Questions

1. What unusual fact do readers learn about the narrator at the start of the story?

2. For how many years did Kazu visit Shinsekai, the cabaret?

3. What artist's work is on exhibit at the Ueno Royal Art Museum?

4. What did Kazu urge his granddaughter not to do in the note he left for her?

5. Where did Shige tell Kazu the founder of the Kan'ei-ji Temple was from?

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