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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Because you cannot sell cans in Tokyo, what did Kazu have to do in order to earn money from them?
(a) Cut them up with scissors.
(b) Make art out of them.
(c) Fill them with water or juice.
(d) Crush them with a hammer.

2. How long after Shige invited Kazu to his hut for the first time did Kazu die?
(a) 1 month.
(b) 1 year.
(c) The next day.
(d) Within hours.

3. What are some of the dangerous jobs Kazu lists that homeless people could get through day labor recruiters?
(a) Construction and demolition.
(b) Lifeguard.
(c) Security officer.
(d) Train station custodian.

4. Kazu overhears one women tell another that their friend has not gotten out of bed since what happened?
(a) Her child was born.
(b) Her son passed away.
(c) Her husband left her.
(d) Her father died.

5. What withered flower does Kazu feel represents his life because it is "closed off with nowhere to go" (160)?
(a) A lily.
(b) A daisy.
(c) A lotus.
(d) A rose.

6. What took up most of the space in Shige's hut?
(a) Family photos.
(b) Clothes.
(c) Cans.
(d) Books.

7. What does Kazu wonder about after Shige died?
(a) Kazu wonders if somebody killed Shige.
(b) Kazu wonders if Shige killed himself.
(c) Kazu wonders how Shige became homeless.
(d) Kazu wonders what happened to Emile.

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

9. What was the first sign something is unusual the morning Kazu woke up after the 49th day mourning ceremony?
(a) The house was empty.
(b) He did not hear Setsuko talking on the phone.
(c) He did not smell Setsuko's miso cooking.
(d) It was still dark when he woke.

10. What did Yoko do for her father after Setsuko dies?
(a) She urged him to move in with her.
(b) She moved in with him.
(c) She sent her daughter to live with him.
(d) She hired a maid.

11. 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) The imperial family's visit.
(c) A snowstorm.
(d) A police raid of the homeless tent city.

12. How often did Kazu's daughter Yoko's family visit after Kazu returns home?
(a) Every month.
(b) Every other week.
(c) Twice a year.
(d) Every week.

13. How much was the homeless man Kazu listens to making in his profession before the bubble burst and his company went under?
(a) 800,000 yen/ month.
(b) 1 million yen/ month.
(c) 17,000 yen /month.
(d) 45,000 yen/ month.

14. What did Kazu urge his granddaughter not to do in the note he left for her?
(a) Do not go looking for him.
(b) Do not think of him.
(c) Do no sell his place.
(d) Do not tell her mother.

15. How many evictions notices had Kazu received that November in 2006?
(a) 1.
(b) 12.
(c) 5.
(d) 25.

Short Answer Questions

1. What edible product did some homeless people sell to make enough money to feed themselves?

2. Who did Kazu think of when he and Setsuko attended the 49th day mourning ceremony for their neighbor?

3. Kazu observes two women at the Ueno Art Museum barely looking at the pictures and instead discussing what?

4. When Kazo reflects on his life in Tokyo, what does he say he was too busy working to do?

5. What do the pictures exhibited at the Ueno Royal Art Museum display?

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