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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Shinsuke see floating in the river?
(a) A dead animal.
(b) A pair of boots.
(c) A dead person.
(d) A samarai shield.

2. What does the narrator's father try to bribe the narrator with?
(a) Sweets.
(b) Ice cream.
(c) Women.
(d) Money.

3. Why do the Chinese men panic?
(a) They have forgotten to meet Buddha.
(b) They have killed the wrong man.
(c) They given Hanzaburo the wrong legs.
(d) They have lost their documents.

4. What was the name of the founder of Rome?
(a) Romin.
(b) Romulus.
(c) Roma.
(d) Romany.

5. What does the narrator say he does during his mother's funeral?
(a) Fidget.
(b) Cry.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Laugh.

6. Why does the narrator's father try to bribe the narrator?
(a) To give him some money.
(b) To get him to ask his new parents to let him stay.
(c) To keep him quiet.
(d) To get him to run away with him.

7. What kind of milk was the founder of Rome raised on?
(a) Goat's milk.
(b) Cat's milk.
(c) Wolf's milk.
(d) Cow's milk.

8. What kind of beauty does Honjo appreciate?
(a) Industrial beauty.
(b) Animalistic beauty.
(c) Natural beauty.
(d) Human beauty.

9. What does Hanzaburo become obsessed with hiding?
(a) His legs.
(b) His eyes.
(c) His will.
(d) His money.

10. What does the storyteller say frightens horses across the region?
(a) White Smoke.
(b) Green Smoke.
(c) Yellow Dust.
(d) Orange Dust.

11. What become Shinsuke's primary pastime?
(a) Books.
(b) Magazines.
(c) Stamps.
(d) Antiques.

12. What does Akutagawa think is imminent?
(a) Unemployment.
(b) War.
(c) An illness.
(d) His death.

13. What is Yasukichi's job?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A dentist.
(d) A doctor.

14. What does a traditional Buddhist funeral begin with?
(a) Mediatating.
(b) Crying.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Chanting.

15. What serves as a symbol for Shinsuke's poverty?
(a) His shoes.
(b) His pants.
(c) His desk.
(d) His house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yasukichi fill the eulogy with?

2. What does Shinsuke start to take a dislike of?

3. Who does the author say he sees slaying a dragon?

4. What does Hanzaburo tell his wife to do to stop his legs from kicking?

5. What is the only part of the author's brother-in-law's face that stays intact?

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