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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 Setsuko when she and Kazu first married?
2. What is one of the things Setsuko found most painful about her son's death?
3. Why did the midwife say the birth of their son Koichi was a blessing?
4. Where is Kazu originally from?
5. What happened to Hokkaido after the Tokyo Olympics?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the history of the Statue of Times Forgotten, which Shige told Kazu about?
2. Describe what happened when Kazu took his children to Haramachi during a festival for the Bon holidays?
3. How does Kazu describe Shige?
4. How does Kazu feel about his life on earth as described at the start of Tokyo Ueno Station?
5. What happened in the Tohuko region and Hokkaido after the Tokyo Olympics ended, and what type for work did Kazu do in Sendai?
6. Who is Kazu and what is he doing in Ueno Station at the start of the novel?
7. What was Kazu's relationship with his children like while he was working in Tokyo?
8. How old was Kazu when he first began to work, and what did he do for work?
9. Describe Kazu's family. Who were his parents? Where did they live? How many siblings did he have?
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
Examine how the imperial family plays a part in the plot of the novel.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay about the author of Tokyo Ueno Station. Who is he? What else has he written? How is Tokyo Ueno Station similar or different from her other works?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay examining the ending of Tokyo Ueno Station. How did the ending fit into the storyline? Do you think the ending was effective? What theme might the ending represent? What might the author have done differently?
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