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

2. Who does the narrator say was a troublemaker?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother.
(c) Hatsuko.
(d) His brother.

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

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

5. What is the only part of the author's brother-in-law's face that stays intact?
(a) His left eye.
(b) His nose.
(c) His mustache.
(d) His chin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sasaki's rank?

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

3. What does Akutagawa panic about losing?

4. What does the author hear a man mention that something is?

5. What serves as a symbol for Shinsuke's poverty?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author's sister tell him about the death of her husband?

2. What does the narrator say he remembers about his mother?

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

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

5. What happens to the baby?

6. What does the Life of the Stupid Man say about Akutagawa's state of mind?

7. What is Shinsuke's opinion on books?

8. Why does Oshino need new legs?

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

10. What are Shinsuke's views on beauty?

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