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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author's wife say she has had a premonition about?
(a) World War.
(b) Civil War.
(c) Her own death.
(d) Akutagawa's death.

2. What does Yasuckichi have to write for Lieutenant Honda?
(a) A poem.
(b) An eulogy.
(c) A report.
(d) A biography.

3. What does the storyteller say Hanzaburo's legs are covered with?
(a) Fleas.
(b) Flies.
(c) Spiders.
(d) Manure.

4. What does the narrator's father try to bribe the narrator with?
(a) Women.
(b) Sweets.
(c) Money.
(d) Ice cream.

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

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

7. What kind of milk was Shinsuke raised on?
(a) Cat's milk.
(b) Wolf's milk.
(c) Goat's milk.
(d) Cow's milk.

8. What does the author apologize for at the beginning of the story?
(a) That he he has to tell such a tired tale.
(b) That he may may make the reader feel sick.
(c) That such an ordinary man is the protaganist.
(d) That his memory is not the best.

9. What kind style story is Spinning Gears?
(a) A biography.
(b) An epic poem.
(c) A melodrama.
(d) An autobiography.

10. What is Shinsuke very poor at when he is young?
(a) Concentrating.
(b) Socializing.
(c) Singing.
(d) Schooling.

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

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

13. What does Shinsuke say his parents fake?
(a) Happiness.
(b) A low stature.
(c) Kindness.
(d) A better upbringing.

14. Who do the two Chinese Hanzaburo if he is?
(a) James Dean.
(b) Woodrow Wilson.
(c) Paul Potter.
(d) Henry Barrett.

15. What does Shinsuke call the diary he wants to write?
(a) Diary without Self-Deceit.
(b) Diary of Hope.
(c) The Diary of the Forgotten.
(d) Poverty Pourings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Yasukichi's job?

2. What does Akutagawa panic about losing?

3. What kind of dresses did Hatsuku wear?

4. What is Fujita's rank in the army?

5. Who does the author say he sees slaying a dragon?

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