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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Kazu when he went to Tokyo to find work?

2. What year was Kazu born?

3. What is familiar about the jean jacket Kazu sees an old homeless man wearing while talking to a homeless woman about the lack of work?

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

5. What is one thing Pure Land followers did that angered the natives in Soma?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kazu feel about his life on earth as described at the start of Tokyo Ueno Station?

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

3. What does Kazu begin to feel about his life after his son dies?

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

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

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

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

9. Describe what happened when Kazu took his children to Haramachi during a festival for the Bon holidays?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay describing the imagery used in Tokyo Ueno Station. Indicate examples of imagery in the text and identify possible meanings.

Essay Topic 2

Away from the main character examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 3

Write a detailed analysis of tone in Yu Miri 's Tokyo Ueno Station. Include whether the tone changes or remains the same. If it changes, include details on when, why and whether this change is effective.

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