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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator witness when he is 28?
(a) The murder of his adoptive parents.
(b) A robbery.
(c) The death of his father.
(d) A car accident.

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

3. What does Hatsuku mean?
(a) Free as a bird.
(b) Goodness.
(c) Special one.
(d) First daughter.

4. What does Yasukichi feel when he realizes people like his eulogy?
(a) Laughter.
(b) Guilt.
(c) Shame.
(d) Pride.

5. What can't the narrator concentrate on writing his article?
(a) He is worried.
(b) His wife is nagging.
(c) The baby is crying.
(d) He is too tired.

6. Who congratulates Yasukichi for his eulogy?
(a) Fujita.
(b) Honda's father.
(c) Sasaki.
(d) Honda's sister.

7. What did Honda die from?
(a) Typhoid fever.
(b) A war wound.
(c) A heart attack.
(d) A stroke.

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

9. What is the name of the river Shinsuke visits with his father?
(a) Sumida River.
(b) Juniper River.
(c) Honjo River.
(d) Tomkins River.

10. What has the narrator been hired to write?
(a) A short story.
(b) A haiku.
(c) An article.
(d) A novel.

11. What does Yasukichi enjoy writing?
(a) Novels.
(b) Poems.
(c) Haikus.
(d) Short stories.

12. How did Akutagawa's brother-in-law kill himself?
(a) He threw himself in front of a train.
(b) He hung himself.
(c) He jumped off a bridge.
(d) He slit his throat.

13. What kind of legs do the Chinese men give Hanzaburo?
(a) Broken legs.
(b) Bow legs.
(c) Cow legs.
(d) Horse legs.

14. Who does the author believe is chasing him?
(a) Elves.
(b) Dragons.
(c) Samarais.
(d) Furies.

15. Who does the narrator say was a troublemaker?
(a) His father.
(b) His brother.
(c) His mother.
(d) Hatsuko.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Akutagawa call the girl he has an affair with?

2. What kind of milk was Shinsuke raised on?

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

4. What become Shinsuke's primary pastime?

5. Whose obituary is printed at the end of the story?

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