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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. Why do the Chinese men panic?

2. What kind of beauty does Honjo appreciate?

3. What is Sasaki's rank?

4. In what mood does the author's wife arrive home in?

5. Who regularly accepts Yakukichi's stories?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Shinsuke's opinion on books?

2. Why is Oshino suddenly unable to control his legs?

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

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

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

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

7. What does the narrator remember about his father?

8. Why does the storyteller think Oshino is so ordinary?

9. What does the narrator remember about his eldest sister?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pick a character from the book and discuss his or her goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

Essay Topic 2

What is the moral of the Spider Thread story? What does this moral of the story say about the Buddhist religion.?

Essay Topic 3

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

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