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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 109- 130 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What unusual fact do readers learn about the narrator at the start of the story?
(a) He has not yet been born.
(b) He is dead.
(c) He is an infant.
(d) He is a dog.

2. What did Kazu give to the cabaret hostess the last night he saw her?
(a) White roses.
(b) A box of chocolates.
(c) Perfume.
(d) Money.

3. How old was Kazu when he went to Tokyo to find work?
(a) 30.
(b) 21.
(c) 43.
(d) 12.

4. Where is Kazu watching people at the start of the story?
(a) Ueno Station.
(b) Tokyo Museum of Architecture.
(c) In an airport.
(d) At the library.

5. What do the two businessmen Kazu observes walking toward the Shimizu Kannon Temple discuss on their walk?
(a) Their jobs.
(b) The temple.
(c) Work.
(d) Food.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Kazu stay outside of Ueno Station when he was alive?

2. How much money does Kazu send him to his family when he first moves to Tokyo?

3. What does Kazu wonder about after Shige died?

4. What did Kazu see on the futon beside him the morning after the 49th day mourning ceremony for his neighbor?

5. What does Kazu worry may have happened the night Setsuko died?

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