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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. Who does Yasukichi hear crying?

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

3. What become Shinsuke's primary pastime?

4. What kind of beauty does Honjo appreciate?

5. What does the narrator witness when he is 28?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize the Spinning Gears story.

2. What are Shinsuke's views on beauty?

3. What happens to the baby?

4. Why is Oshino suddenly unable to control his legs?

5. Why does the narrator say he feels guilty?

6. Why does Shinsuke struggle to make friends?

7. How does the author end the story?

8. What does Akutagawa hear on the phone?

9. Why does Oshino need new legs?

10. What does the narrator remember about his father?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What information is in Henry Barrett's obituary? Why does the author include Henry Barrett's obituary at the end of Horse Legs?

Essay Topic 2

What In the Bamboo Grove say about unreliable narration? How can the court get to the truth?

Essay Topic 3

Why does E'in falsely prophesize that a dragon will rise from the pond? What meaning does it give the story that his prophecy comes true? What would have happened if his lie was found out?

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