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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money does Kazu send him to his family when he first moves to Tokyo?
(a) 1000 yen a month.
(b) 250,000 yen a month.
(c) 20 yen a month.
(d) 20,000 yen a month.

2. 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) Someone robbed them.
(c) They sold most of their things to neighbors.
(d) They were repossessed.

3. What was the Buddhist name given to Koichi at his funeral?
(a) Shaku Junko.
(b) Shaku Karma.
(c) Shaku Bodhi.
(d) Shaku Banko.

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

5. What is the name of the park Kazu haunts and used to live in when he was alive?
(a) Tokyo Station Public Park.
(b) Tokyo Rose Garden.
(c) Ueno Arboretum.
(d) Ueno Imperial Gift Park.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Kazu notice as he stared at his son's face after he died?

2. When was the only time bill collectors did not come to Kazu's when his children were young?

3. How did Kazu and Setsuko know each other prior to getting married?

4. What news did Kazu receive about his son just days before his death?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What friend of Kazu's does he hear an old homeless man and woman discuss, and what does he learn about him?

2. What does Kazu begin to feel about his life after his son dies?

3. What is the history of the Statue of Times Forgotten, which Shige told Kazu about?

4. Describe the conversation between the homeless man and woman after the woman repeats her disbelief that Shige is dead.

5. How would Kazu get food when he was homeless in Ueno Park?

6. Describe Kazu's family. Who were his parents? Where did they live? How many siblings did he have?

7. Where was Koichi when he died, and how did Kazu find out about his son's death?

8. How did Kazu's family financial status impact them while his wife was in labor with their first child?

9. How old was Kazu when he first began to work, and what did he do for work?

10. What was Kazu's relationship with his children like while he was working in Tokyo?

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