2. What is Shinsuke's primary factor in determining whether someone is his friend?
(a) Humor.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Looks.
(d) Complexity.

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

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

5. What serves as a symbol for Shinsuke's poverty?
(a) His pants.
(b) His house.
(c) His shoes.
(d) His desk.

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

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

8. Where does the narrator go at the end of the story?
(a) The cemetary.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) The hospital.
(d) A gentleman's club.

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

10. Why do the Chinese men panic?
(a) They have forgotten to meet Buddha.
(b) They given Hanzaburo the wrong legs.
(c) They have killed the wrong man.
(d) They have lost their documents.

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

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

13. How is the narrator informed of his mother's death?
(a) By telegram.
(b) By a messenger boy.
(c) By letter.
(d) By his father.

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