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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does O-Kimi realize she has to take responsibility of?

2. Who does the Lord decide to burn inside the carriage?

3. What is Zenchi's chief characteristic?

4. What erupts before the dragon rises from the pond?

5. Who is Yoshihide over-protective of?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the green onions affect O-Kimi so much?

2. How does Kandata fall back into Hell?

3. How are Shuri, Usaemon and other members of the Itakura family punished?

4. Describe the character of O-Kimi.

5. Why does Kanazawa say he killed himself?

6. What is the diagnosis the doctor gives Shino's daughter?

7. How does Yoshihide show his over-protective attitude towards his daughter in this story?

8. Why does Kimura think Xiao-er went against his vow?

9. How do people react to the word about the dragon?

10. Why does O-Gin decide to renounce her faith?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How will O-Kim's life change now she has opened her eyes to real life? In what could be said that she be happier than she was?

Essay Topic 2

What information is in Henry Barrett's obituary? Why does the author include Henry Barrett's obituary at the end of Horse Legs?

Essay Topic 3

Why does the author list Rashomon, In a Bamboo Grive and the Nose under the heading A World Under Decay? Choose one of the stories in this section and examine what it says about the flaws in human nature.

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