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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the narrator say he does during his mother's funeral?
(a) Laugh.
(b) Fidget.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Cry.

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

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

5. What does Yasukichi translate?
(a) Russian texts.
(b) German texts.
(c) Spanish texts.
(d) English texts.

6. What is the title of the final story?
(a) The Life of a Stupid Man.
(b) The Question of Art.
(c) Give Me your Hat.
(d) Is it Worth it?

7. What city does Akutagawa head towards at the beginning of the story?
(a) Tokoyo.
(b) Jeonju.
(c) Kyoto.
(d) Hiroshoma.

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

9. What does the author use to help him sleep?
(a) Sleeping pills.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Milk and honey.
(d) Narcotics.

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

11. What is Yasukichi's job?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A dentist.
(d) A lawyer.

12. What part of Tokyo was Shinsuke brought up in?
(a) Tama.
(b) Fuchu.
(c) Honjo.
(d) Fussa.

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

14. What word does the author hear over the phone?
(a) Mole.
(b) Mud.
(c) Vole.
(d) Spot.

15. What city was Shinsuke born in?
(a) Osaka.
(b) Peking.
(c) Kyoto.
(d) Tokyo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Honda die from?

2. What does Yasukichi fill the eulogy with?

3. What can't the narrator concentrate on writing his article?

4. Who was the next of the narrator's family to die?

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

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