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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who did Akutagawa give the textual fragments to?
(a) Akira Kia.
(b) Harold Bishop.
(c) Kume Masao.
(d) Franz Kafka.

4. What is the baby taken to the hospital in?
(a) A taxi.
(b) A rickshaw.
(c) An airplane.
(d) An ambulance.

5. What does Akutagawa panic about losing?
(a) His phone.
(b) His slipper.
(c) His hat.
(d) His cigarettes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the story-teller say Hanaburo's legs collapse like?

2. What is Yasukichi's job?

3. What kind of legs do the Chinese men give Hanzaburo?

4. What are the nationality of the two men in the office?

5. What does Hanzaburo die of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Shinsuke's opinion on books?

2. What does the doctor say is wrong with the baby?

3. How does Shinsuke deal with what he calls his fake parents?

4. Why does Shinsuke struggle to make friends?

5. What are Shinsuke's views on beauty?

6. Why does the narrator say he feels guilty?

7. How does Akutagawa's wife increase his panic?

8. Why is it so difficult for Oshino to hide his legs?

9. Why does Oshino need new legs?

10. Describe the image at the river Shinsuke says affects him deeply.

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