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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 161 - 180 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Kazu's father speak to the mourners at the funeral?
(a) Because Kazu's father was a priest.
(b) Because the eldest male always speaks at a funeral.
(c) Because Setsuko had asked him to speak.
(d) Because Kazu was unable to.

2. Why was Kazu unable to take his children on a helicopter ride in Haramachi during the Bon holidays when they were young?
(a) Tickets were too expensive.
(b) They arrived too late.
(c) His wife would not allow it.
(d) The children were too young.

3. Who does Kazu see driving down Highway 6 with a dog at the end of the story?
(a) Mari.
(b) Yoko.
(c) Koichi.
(d) Setsuko.

4. 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.

5. Who is the author of Tokyo Ueno Station?
(a) Yoko Mori.
(b) Yu Miri.
(c) Haruki Murakami.
(d) Kazu Mori.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kazu sees a man emerge from a cardboard hut near Shinobazu Pond with something that looks like what, which belonged to Shige?

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

3. What is Kazu's wife's name?

4. Where is Kazu watching people at the start of the story?

5. What brought many of the homeless to Tokyo in the first place?

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