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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. Where did Shige tell Kazu the founder of the Kan'ei-ji Temple was from?
(a) Hiroshima.
(b) Fukishima.
(c) Tokyo.
(d) Osaka.

2. What did Shige ask Kazu to do with him the next day when they were in Shige's hut?
(a) Go out for breakfast.
(b) Collect cans.
(c) Go to a bookstore.
(d) Go to the library.

3. What does the jogger Kazu sees thank God for in his note at the temple?
(a) He thanks God for his father's speedy recovery.
(b) He thanks God that he finished the marathon.
(c) He thanks God for his good health.
(d) He thanks God he met his wife.

4. What did Kazu see on the futon beside him the morning after the 49th day mourning ceremony for his neighbor?
(a) Setsuko was dead.
(b) His sleeping daughter.
(c) His cat.
(d) Setsuko had set out breakfast for him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Because you cannot sell cans in Tokyo, what did Kazu have to do in order to earn money from them?

2. How is the bench that Kazu sees an old man on so still he seems he could be dead described?

3. What does Kazu say is the best way for homeless people to make money because you get your cash immediately?

4. What did Shige tell Kazu is significant about the day he invited Kazu to his hut?

5. How old was Kazu when he started living in Ueno Park?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Describe the last night Kazu sees Junko.

8. What was particularly difficult about the day Kazu saw a notice on his hut that he needed to remove all of his belongs by 8:30 the next morning in November of 2006?

9. 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?

10. What happens to Setsuko seven years after Kazu returned home, and why does he blame himself?

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