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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 wrong with Shuri?

2. What is Yoshihide caught stealing from the Lord?

3. How does the narrator say Yoshihide watches his daughter burn?

4. What is the name of the painter who created the Hell Screen?

5. What does Yoshihide have have to paint on?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does the narrator believe the Lord chose to kill Yoshihide's daughter?

3. How did Xiao-er get his head chopped off?

4. Describe the character of Shuri.

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

6. Describe the character of O-Kimi.

7. Describe the character of Yoshihide.

8. Why does Buddha decide to give Kandata a chance to redeem himself?

9. How does Kandata fall back into Hell?

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

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

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the book and helps to express character and theme.

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

Essay Topic 3

Why is Xiao-er unable to take the second chance given to him? What does his character say about human nature in general? How could you argue against the author's point of view?

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