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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what social class was Gichin?
(a) Shizoku.
(b) Yuko.
(c) Kata.
(d) Matzi.

2. What was Gichin planning to use the items stolen from his house for?
(a) As a pet.
(b) To fight in.
(c) An offering.
(d) To buy clothes.

3. Gichin believed what event influenced his life?
(a) Nail ban.
(b) Mustache ban.
(c) Topknot ban.
(d) Braid ban.

4. What part of the body had to be cut off to join the medical practice in 19th century Japan?
(a) Mustache.
(b) Braids.
(c) Nails.
(d) Topknot.

5. Why did Gichin sway a lantern to and fro as he is walking on the road with his son?
(a) To scare away vampires.
(b) To scare away priests.
(c) To scare away ghosts.
(d) To scare away the habu.

6. Within how many years did karate men from Okinawa introduce and teach the art?
(a) 5.
(b) 20.
(c) 10.
(d) 15.

7. When Gichin participated in hand wrestling, how many bouts did he enter?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 7.
(d) 4.

8. Why was Matsumura pale and dejected when he entered the engraver's shop?
(a) He is feeling sick.
(b) He lost a client.
(c) His dog died.
(d) He lost a lover.

9. What did Gichin practice with Azato secretly?
(a) Karate.
(b) Kung fu.
(c) Fudo.
(d) Jijitsu.

10. A nukite describes penetrating what with five fingers to tear out bones?
(a) Leg.
(b) Arm.
(c) Stomach.
(d) Rib cage.

11. What did the owner of the engraver shop ask Matsumura for?
(a) A match.
(b) A pipe.
(c) A lighter.
(d) A gun.

12. Matsumura entered a shop of an engraver located where?
(a) London.
(b) Naha.
(c) Jerusalem.
(d) Okinawa.

13. Who did Gichin meet in school that was the son of a famous karate expert?
(a) Koshiro Suzuki.
(b) Kata Funakoshi.
(c) Yasutsune Azato.
(d) Shizoku Yamagachi.

14. Where did Gichin die?
(a) Cho.
(b) Shuri.
(c) Tokyo.
(d) Yamakawa.

15. After what birthday did Gichin see a hand wrestling bout?
(a) 45.
(b) 38.
(c) 30.
(d) 24.

Short Answer Questions

1. What martial art's origin was unknown according to Gichin?

2. What did Matsumura learn was the only obstacle to life?

3. What was a small kingdom with no weapons that Napoleon commented on?

4. At Gichin's school, the commissioner watched what kind of demonstration?

5. Conflict developed between the coastal village of Motobe and the hamlet of what?

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