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

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

3. What does the story-teller say Hanaburo's legs collapse like?
(a) A bombed tower.
(b) A burst balloon.
(c) Shrivelled balloons.
(d) A shot deer.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator witness when he is 28?

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

3. What does the critic call Yasukichi's writings?

4. What does Akutagawa think is imminent?

5. What does the young naval officer give Yasukichi to help him write the eulogy?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tsuneko react to seeing her husband's horse legs?

2. What are the author's feeling about religion during this time?

3. What is the life of the Stupid Man about?

4. Why does Yasukichi write cliches and sentimental clap-trap in the eulogy?

5. Why does Shinsuke come to appreciate the fact his mother did not breast feed him?

6. How does the author end the story?

7. How do the Honda's relative's react to the eulogy?

8. What amuses Yasukichi at the end of the story?

9. Why does Oshino need new legs?

10. How does Oshino try to control his kicking legs?

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