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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. Who did Kazu see at the Haramachi train station on August 5, 1947?
(a) Emperor Hirohito.
(b) His wife for the first time.
(c) Shige.
(d) His father.

2. Who helped Kazu get a job harvesting kelp in Kiratappu after his son Koichi was born?
(a) Kazu's uncle.
(b) Kazu's schoolmate.
(c) Kazu's father.
(d) Kazu's neighbor.

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

4. Who lent Kazu his mourning clothes, which Setsuko gave him on the day of Koichi's funeral?
(a) Kazu's boss.
(b) Kazu's son-in-law.
(c) The head of the neighborhood association.
(d) Kazu's father.

5. What did Kazu notice as he stared at his son's face after he died?
(a) He noticed how much his son resembled Setsuko.
(b) He noticed how much is son looked like his father.
(c) He noticed his son looked like him.
(d) He noticed how handsome his son was.

Short Answer Questions

1. How often did Kazu visit his children when they were young?

2. What word is used to describe how Kazu felt about how he lived his life after his son Koichi died?

3. Who left a message for Kazu to tell him his son died while he was working in Hokkaido?

4. Where is Kazu originally from?

5. Why did Kazu ultimately decide to move to Tokyo to find work?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What did Kazu's mother tell him about his life after his son Koichi died?

5. When did Kazu move to Tokyo? Why? How often did he see his family?

6. What happened in the Tohuko region and Hokkaido after the Tokyo Olympics ended, and what type for work did Kazu do in Sendai?

7. What did Kazu and his father, mother, and wife each do to support and feed the family around the time his first son was born?

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

9. Why does Kazu ultimately decide to move to Tokyo to work when his children are young?

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

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