2. What does the narrator is always looking over his shoulder?
(a) An angel.
(b) Lord Buddha.
(c) A female presence.
(d) A male presence.

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

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

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

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

7. What happened on April the fifth?
(a) The narrator was adopted.
(b) Hatsuko died.
(c) The narrator's mother died.
(d) The narrators arrived home.

8. Who visits Tsuneko at the end of the story?
(a) Hanzaburo.
(b) Woodrow Wilson.
(c) Henry Barrett.
(d) The two Chinese men.

9. What does Hanzaburo tell his wife to do to stop his legs from kicking?
(a) Chop them off.
(b) Bind them.
(c) Sit on them.
(d) Hold them.

10. What does Yasukichi fill the eulogy with?
(a) Sincere sentiments and love.
(b) Passionate word and jokes.
(c) Sentimental claptrap and cliche.
(d) Family words and dark similes.

11. Who punishes Shinsuke for being smart?
(a) His school friends.
(b) His teachers.
(c) His siblings.
(d) His parents.

12. What does the narrator say his mother was?
(a) A star.
(b) An angel.
(c) A lunatic.
(d) A gorilla.

13. What is the only part of the author's brother-in-law's face that stays intact?
(a) His left eye.
(b) His chin.
(c) His nose.
(d) His mustache.

14. What is the man sitting next to him on the train is wearing?
(a) Shorts and a t-shirt.
(b) A pair of jeans.
(c) A suit.
(d) A rain coat.

15. Who was the next of the narrator's family to die?
(a) His father.
(b) His youngest brother.
(c) His eldest sister.
(d) His grandmother.