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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 does Kazu hear two women joke about when discussing toy poodles?
(a) They joke that their dogs are like their children.
(b) They joke that they liked dogs better than people.
(c) They joke that the poodles eat better than people.
(d) They joke that they do not need husbands as long as they have their dogs.

2. What brought many of the homeless to Tokyo in the first place?
(a) They came after their villages were destroyed by tsunamis.
(b) They came in search of work.
(c) They came because they heard people took care of the homeless.
(d) They came to see the Olympics and never left.

3. What did Kazu do as the Kaempfer cicadas sing while he laid Setsuko's remains near their son?
(a) He hugged his daughter.
(b) He sang.
(c) He praid.
(d) He cried.

4. 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) They were repossessed.
(d) Someone robbed them.

5. What did Osamu say about Koichi when he looked at his face after Setsuko removed the white cloth?
(a) He was such a kind person.
(b) It looked like he was sleeping.
(c) He looked so much like his father.
(d) It did not look like him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Kazu ultimately decide to move to Tokyo to find work?

2. What did Setsuko wonder about regarding her son's death?

3. What are some of the dangerous jobs Kazu lists that homeless people could get through day labor recruiters?

4. What items did some homeless people sell to secondhand bookstores to earn some money?

5. Who lent Kazu his mourning clothes, which Setsuko gave him on the day of Koichi's funeral?

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