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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator say Yoshihide is probably joining his daughter?
(a) Paradise.
(b) Hell.
(c) Purgatory.
(d) Heaven.

2. What are O-Kimi and Tanaka going to watch in the neighboring town?
(a) A circus.
(b) A fight.
(c) A play.
(d) A film.

3. What religion do O-Gin's parents practise?
(a) Islam.
(b) Sikhism.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Buddhism.

4. What does Buddha hang down into hell?
(a) A spider's thread.
(b) A snake skin.
(c) Parcel string.
(d) A sailor's rope.

5. What did the woodcutter discover in the bamboo grove?
(a) A dead body.
(b) A dead chicken.
(c) A stolen pig.
(d) A stolen horse.

6. What are Christians sentenced to in O-Gin?
(a) Burn at the stake.
(b) A work camp.
(c) Buried alive.
(d) Hot coals.

7. What does Kanazawa use to kill himself?
(a) His gun.
(b) His wife's dagger.
(c) Tajamaru's sword.
(d) His sword.

8. What does the narrator say Yoshihide's painting fill one with?
(a) Laughter.
(b) Hate.
(c) Dread.
(d) Fun.

9. What kind of books does O-Kimi enjoy?
(a) Horrors.
(b) Science-fiction.
(c) Melodramas.
(d) Comedies.

10. What is the name of the man O-Kimi falls in love with?
(a) Hawaka.
(b) Jakaka.
(c) Satsuma.
(d) Tanaka.

11. What forms over the pond just before the dragon rises?
(a) A layer of fire.
(b) A thin cloud.
(c) A layer of slaiva.
(d) Ash.

12. Who does O-Gin tell the police she has abandoned?
(a) Her parents.
(b) Jesus Christ.
(c) Buddha.
(d) The farmer.

13. Where does Nara post his sign?
(a) Outside the school gates.
(b) Near Sarusawa Pond.
(c) Outside theh temple.
(d) Near the police station.

14. What is the young burning inside of?
(a) A cell.
(b) A shack.
(c) A palace.
(d) A carriage.

15. What is the name of the garden Buddha is strolling through?
(a) Relaxation.
(b) Paradise.
(c) Eden.
(d) Meditation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is seppuku?

2. What does the doctor say Shino's daughter is suffering from?

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

4. Where does the servant spend the night?

5. What is Kanadata drowning in in hell?

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