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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. What word does Kazu use when he thinks of what Shige was like when he knew him?
(a) Sly.
(b) Generous.
(c) Uneducated.
(d) Intellectual.

2. What is Kazu's wife's name?
(a) Setsuko.
(b) Yoko.
(c) Koichi.
(d) Mari.

3. Why was Kazu unable to take his children on a helicopter ride in Haramachi during the Bon holidays when they were young?
(a) Tickets were too expensive.
(b) They arrived too late.
(c) The children were too young.
(d) His wife would not allow it.

4. What unusual fact do readers learn about the narrator at the start of the story?
(a) He is dead.
(b) He is a dog.
(c) He is an infant.
(d) He has not yet been born.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old were Kazu's parents when they died?

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

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

4. What were Kazu's ancestors known as?

5. What is the name of the park Kazu haunts and used to live in when he was alive?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

7. How does Kazu describe Shige?

8. What does Kazu's father say to the tax officials who came into their home and marked property to be repossessed?

9. What was Kazu's first job in Tokyo?

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

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