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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Writer's Craft, and The Baby's Sickness.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What grew in the field behind the house Xiao-er was brought up in?
(a) Poppies.
(b) Sesame seeds.
(c) Rice.
(d) Corn.

3. What kind of life does Xiao-er say he would live if he had a second chance?
(a) A life of traveling.
(b) A life of virtue.
(c) A life of fun.
(d) A life of sin.

4. What are O-Kimi and Tanaka going to watch in the neighboring town?
(a) A circus.
(b) A fight.
(c) A film.
(d) A play.

5. What kind of animal does Yoshihide look and move like?
(a) A monkey.
(b) A gorilla.
(c) A dog.
(d) A koala.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has the narrator been hired to write?

2. What is O-Kimi's job?

3. What position does the Lord promote Yoshihide's daughter to?

4. What does the critic call Yasukichi's writings?

5. What musician has O-Kimi confused President Woodrow Wilson for?

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