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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What items did some homeless people sell to secondhand bookstores to earn some money?
(a) Notepads.
(b) Postcards.
(c) Old magazines.
(d) Bookmarks.
2. What does Kazu wonder about after Shige died?
(a) Kazu wonders if somebody killed Shige.
(b) Kazu wonders how Shige became homeless.
(c) Kazu wonders what happened to Emile.
(d) Kazu wonders if Shige killed himself.
3. Where was the hostel Kazu met at the cabaret club from?
(a) Tokyo.
(b) Osaka.
(c) Shinsekai.
(d) Fukushima.
4. How did Setsuko's brother describe Kazu and his sister's final years together?
(a) Like a honeymoon.
(b) Like a daydream.
(c) Like a rollercoaster.
(d) Like a waste of time.
5. Kazu hears the sigh of a sobbing homeless man who is doing what, which Kazu says is unusual for a homeless person?
(a) Pleading with a stranger to help him.
(b) Crying that he is hungry.
(c) Telling his life story.
(d) Complaining he cannot get work.
6. Kazu overhears one women tell another that their friend has not gotten out of bed since what happened?
(a) Her son passed away.
(b) Her husband left her.
(c) Her father died.
(d) Her child was born.
7. What edible product did some homeless people sell to make enough money to feed themselves?
(a) Fish.
(b) Muffins.
(c) Ginko nuts.
(d) Blueberries.
8. What did Yoko do for her father after Setsuko dies?
(a) She sent her daughter to live with him.
(b) She moved in with him.
(c) She urged him to move in with her.
(d) She hired a maid.
9. What does the author intersperse between the dialogue Kazu hears between the two women at the Ueno Royal Art Museum?
(a) A remembered conversation between Kazo and his wife.
(b) Informational panel about the artwork.
(c) Dialogue between two museum guards.
(d) A radio announcement about the Imperial family.
10. What artist's work is on exhibit at the Ueno Royal Art Museum?
(a) Monet.
(b) Gaugin.
(c) Redoute.
(d) Picasso.
11. Why did Kazu begin having trouble sleeping after his wife died?
(a) He worried Mari might die.
(b) He had nightmares throughout the night.
(c) He thought of how his wife and son both died in sleep.
(d) The cicadas were too loud.
12. Kazu observes two women at the Ueno Art Museum barely looking at the pictures and instead discussing what?
(a) One woman's upcoming wedding.
(b) One woman's trouble finding a good job.
(c) One woman's situation with her soon-to-be ex-husband.
(d) One woman's pregnancy.
13. What does the homeless man Kazu hears telling another his life story say happened after he lost his job?
(a) His house burned down.
(b) His wife died.
(c) His father died.
(d) His wife filed for divorce.
14. What withered flower does Kazu feel represents his life because it is "closed off with nowhere to go" (160)?
(a) A lotus.
(b) A lily.
(c) A daisy.
(d) A rose.
15. How old did Shige tell Kazu his son was when he left the family?
(a) 4.
(b) 17.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 10.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of Kazu's family members was the first to die not long after he returned home?
2. What did Kazu give to the cabaret hostess the last night he saw her?
3. What word does Kazu use to describe how Shige always looked?
4. What is one of the reasons Kazu believes the Tokyo city government wanted to force the homeless out of Ueno Park?
5. What does Kazu say he never did regarding the cabaret hostess?
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