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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Story of a Head That Fell Off, and Green Onions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Zenchi feat when his nose reddens and swells?
(a) He has caused an infection.
(b) He has angered Buddha.
(c) His nose is growing back.
(d) He has caught a disease.

2. Where does the narrator say Yoshihide is probably joining his daughter?
(a) Heaven.
(b) Hell.
(c) Paradise.
(d) Purgatory.

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

4. What does the narrator say Yoshihide's painting fill one with?
(a) Laughter.
(b) Fun.
(c) Hate.
(d) Dread.

5. What was Kandata's one act of goodness?
(a) He refrained from stamping on a spider.
(b) He took in an orphan child.
(c) He saved a drowning dog.
(d) He resuscitated an old man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is wrong with Shuri?

2. Who does O-Gin tell the police she has abandoned?

3. What is seppuku?

4. What is the name of the main character in Horse Legs?

5. What had the ghost been haunting that the Lord of Harikawa supposedly exorcised?

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