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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 items did some homeless people sell to secondhand bookstores to earn some money?
(a) Notepads.
(b) Bookmarks.
(c) Old magazines.
(d) Postcards.

2. What temporary job could one register for if s/he had a license and a cell phone and wanted to avoid dangerous work?
(a) Putting up blinds.
(b) Substitute teaching.
(c) Editing manuscripts.
(d) Cleaning the parks.

3. How old did Shige tell Kazu his son was when he left the family?
(a) 4.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 10.
(d) 17.

4. What do the pictures exhibited at the Ueno Royal Art Museum display?
(a) Ginko Trees.
(b) Portraits of the homeless.
(c) Roses.
(d) Fishing villages.

5. For what industry did the homeless man Kazu hears crying work before he became homeless?
(a) Finance.
(b) Real Estate.
(c) Construction.
(d) Fishing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much was the homeless man Kazu listens to making in his profession before the bubble burst and his company went under?

2. What does Kazu worry may have happened the night Setsuko died?

3. How long after Shige invited Kazu to his hut for the first time did Kazu die?

4. What did Shige say he and Kazu needed to find shelter from the day after he invited Kazu to his hut?

5. What artist's work is on exhibit at the Ueno Royal Art Museum?

Short Essay Questions

1. What gift from Yoko and Setsuko did Kazu still wear while homeless? Why did he think about removing it when he considered dying?

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

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

4. Describe the image Kazu sees when he goes to the public restroom in November 2006 after being kicked out of the park for the day.

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

6. 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?

7. Describe the conversation Kazu overhears between two homeless men, one of whom had worked in real estate.

8. After Kazu discusses his return home when he was 60, he describes Setsuko's life all the years he was away. What does he say she did?

9. Describe the night Shige invited Kazu to his hut for sake.

10. Describe the last night Kazu sees Junko.

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