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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. What is Kazu's wife's name?
2. How old were Kazu's parents when they died?
3. What is the name of the park Kazu haunts and used to live in when he was alive?
4. What event coincided with the birth of Kazu's first son?
5. Who lent Kazu his mourning clothes, which Setsuko gave him on the day of Koichi's funeral?
Short Essay Questions
1. How old was Kazu when he first began to work, and what did he do for work?
2. What did Kazu's mother tell him about his life after his son Koichi died?
3. What does Kazu's father say to the tax officials who came into their home and marked property to be repossessed?
4. What was Kazu's first job in Tokyo?
5. Describe what happened when Kazu took his children to Haramachi during a festival for the Bon holidays?
6. How did Kazu's family financial status impact them while his wife was in labor with their first child?
7. Who is Kazu and what is he doing in Ueno Station at the start of the novel?
8. Why does Kazu ultimately decide to move to Tokyo to work when his children are young?
9. How would Kazu get food when he was homeless in Ueno Park?
10. What friend of Kazu's does he hear an old homeless man and woman discuss, and what does he learn about him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss elements of the narrative structure in Tokyo Ueno Station: Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing Yu Miri 's commentary on class and classism in Tokyo Ueno Station. How is class important to the story? How does it affect the narrative? Use textual evidence to explain your analysis.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing the narrative structure of Tokyo Ueno Station. What effect does this have on the story and the reader? Use direct examples from the story to support your analysis.
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