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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 is the doctor says he he will give Shino's daughter a diagnosis?

2. What is wrong with Shuri?

3. Who does Xiao-er say he wants at his side as he dies?

4. What are Christians sentenced to in O-Gin?

5. Why do people think Yoshihide can paint the fires of hell so well?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the servant find when he gets in the tower?

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

3. How does the author describe Tanaka?

4. Describe the character of Shuri.

5. What rumors does the narrator say surround the Lord of Harikawa?

6. How does O-Gin become a Christian?

7. Describe the character of Yoshihide.

8. How does Kandata fall back into Hell?

9. How does E'in try to avenge the townspeople?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What In the Bamboo Grove say about unreliable narration? How can the court get to the truth?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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