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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Kazu's father, how long had there ancestors been in Soma?
(a) 500 years.
(b) 50 years.
(c) 100 years.
(d) 200 years.

2. What did Shige say he and Kazu needed to find shelter from the day after he invited Kazu to his hut?
(a) A typhoon.
(b) A snowstorm.
(c) A police raid of the homeless tent city.
(d) The imperial family's visit.

3. What news did Kazu receive about his son just days before his death?
(a) He was getting married.
(b) He was moving to Tokyo.
(c) Nobody had heard from him for days.
(d) He had passed the national radiology exam.

4. What are some of the ways Kazu recalls getting food when he was homeless?
(a) Kazu and others would steal from markets.
(b) Restaurants would leave food out and missionaries would serve them a few days a week.
(c) His family would bring him care packages every month.
(d) Kazu would raid trash cans outside of restaurants for food.

5. How much education did Kazu complete before going to work to help support his family?
(a) Some college.
(b) Middle school.
(c) Elementary school.
(d) High school.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long had Kazu and his wife been married at the time Kazu stopped working in Tokyo?

3. What was Kazu distraught when his wife needed a midwife while she was in labor with their son?

4. How is the bench that Kazu sees an old man on so still he seems he could be dead described?

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

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