2. Why does Kazu think of his family when he passes the Statue of Times Forgotten?
(a) Because it depicts a woman with her children.
(b) Because they used to go there often when his children were young.
(c) Because it depicts a man who looked like his father.
(d) Because he feels his time with them is being forgotten.

3. What is familiar about the jean jacket Kazu sees an old homeless man wearing while talking to a homeless woman about the lack of work?
(a) It belonged to Kazu's son.
(b) It looks like Shige's.
(c) He had seen it in a magazine.
(d) It used to be Kazu's.

4. How old was Kazu when the war ended?
(a) 12.
(b) 7.
(c) 16.
(d) 21.

5. How old was Kazu when he went to Tokyo to find work?
(a) 30.
(b) 43.
(c) 12.
(d) 21.

6. What does the homeless man tell the homeless woman he will do if he wins 5,000 on the horse race?
(a) Get a cat.
(b) Get a hotel for the night.
(c) Split the money with her.
(d) Buy a new jacket.

7. What was Kazu's first job when he moved to Tokyo?
(a) Maintaining the garden at Ueno Park.
(b) Driving the imperial family around Tokyo.
(c) Constructing athletic facilities for the Tokyo Olympics.
(d) Cleaning offices.

8. 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.

9. How old were Kazu's parents when they died?
(a) In their 80s.
(b) In their 60s.
(c) In their 90s.
(d) In their 70s.

10. What did Kazu's mother tell him on the night of Koichi's funeral?
(a) Koichi was just like Kazu.
(b) Kazu never had any luck.
(c) Koichi loved his father very much.
(d) Kazu was a terrible father.

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

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

13. Who left a message for Kazu to tell him his son died while he was working in Hokkaido?
(a) His wife.
(b) The police.
(c) His daughter.
(d) His neighbor.

14. When was the only time bill collectors did not come to Kazu's when his children were young?
(a) On Mondays.
(b) On weekends.
(c) During dinner.
(d) During New Year's.

15. What did Setsuko wonder about regarding her son's death?
(a) If he called out for her.
(b) If someone killed him.
(c) What he did just before he died.
(d) Who saw him last.