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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. Kazu sees a man emerge from a cardboard hut near Shinobazu Pond with something that looks like what, which belonged to Shige?
(a) His calendar.
(b) His jacket.
(c) His books.
(d) Emile, his cat.

2. What took up most of the space in Shige's hut?
(a) Books.
(b) Clothes.
(c) Family photos.
(d) Cans.

3. What do some believe happened to the homeless man Kazu recalls hearing tell his life story and sob?
(a) He moved into a homeless shelter.
(b) He jump in front of a train.
(c) He was killed by some teenagers.
(d) His wife took him back.

4. How much was the homeless man Kazu listens to making in his profession before the bubble burst and his company went under?
(a) 800,000 yen/ month.
(b) 17,000 yen /month.
(c) 1 million yen/ month.
(d) 45,000 yen/ month.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Kazu observes two women at the Ueno Art Museum barely looking at the pictures and instead discussing what?

2. What gift from Yoko and Setsuko did Kazu still have while homeless?

3. What does Kazu see at Ueno Park less than 30 minutes after the homeless were supposed to have left the park?

4. What edible product did some homeless people sell to make enough money to feed themselves?

5. Which of Kazu's family members was the first to die not long after he returned home?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Kazu respond to the gift Yoko and Setsuko had given him for his 60th birthday and why?

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

3. What does Kazu see in Ueno Park just about 30 minutes after the homeless were to have all their things out?

4. Why were the homeless often evacuated from Ueno Park and where would they go?

5. What note does a jogger leave at the Hanazono Inari Shrine? What other notes are there?

6. What type of work might homeless people do to earn money either as day laborers or regular work?

7. What is the Shogitai grave?

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

9. What does Shige tell Kazu about the statue of Saigo Takamori near Ueno Park?

10. What did Kazu think would happen to him after he died? What happened instead?

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