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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first rose Kazu says he ever held and where?

2. Where had Setsuko and Yoko gone to purchase Kazu's 60th birthday present?

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

4. Which of Kazu's family members was the first to die not long after he returned home?

5. What did Kazu urge his granddaughter not to do in the note he left for her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Mari? What does she do for Kazu after Setsuo's death? How does their relationship end?

2. What is the Shogitai grave?

3. What does Kazu say teenagers had been doing to the homeless around when the homeless former realtor had died?

4. What note does a jogger leave at the Hanazono Inari Shrine? What other notes are there?

5. Describe the last night Kazu sees Junko.

6. Why is it interesting that Kazu's parents died not long after he returned home?

7. Describe the homeless man Kazu sees on one of the "sarcophagus-like stone benches" (100). How does he know he is homeless? Why might others not know?

8. How long after Kazu's visit to Shige's hut did Kazu die and what did he wonder regarding Shige?

9. What does Shige tell Kazu about the statue of Saigo Takamori near Ueno Park?

10. How old is Kazu when he begins going to Shinsekai? How long after his son's death does he begin to go there? What is Shinsekai?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing Yu Miri 's commentary on class and classism in Tokyo Ueno Station. How is class important to the story? How does it affect the narrative? Use textual evidence to explain your analysis.

Essay Topic 2

Genre is a category assigned to a literary work, like a novel. What are some genres that could be used to classify the novel? What is the main genre of the novel? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Write a detailed analysis of tone in Yu Miri 's Tokyo Ueno Station. Include whether the tone changes or remains the same. If it changes, include details on when, why and whether this change is effective.

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