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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From where did Gichin get students?
(a) Car repair stores.
(b) Pawn and drug shops.
(c) Cafes and bookstores.
(d) Military academies.

2. Mastery of one kata could take how long?
(a) 5 months.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 1 year.

3. Who was the Russian war hero that supported Funakoshi?
(a) Admiral Rokuro Yashiro.
(b) Admiral Gichin Onishiki.
(c) Admiral Isamu Takeshita.
(d) Admiral Azato Meisei.

4. Where did an earthquake strike on September 1, 1923?
(a) Kyoto.
(b) Okinawa.
(c) Tokyo.
(d) Marato.

5. What did an opponent allow a karate student to do?
(a) Collaborate.
(b) Gain.
(c) Spar.
(d) Lose.

6. The victim of a karate blow often died when?
(a) 1-2 years later.
(b) 6-7 years later.
(c) 5-10 years later.
(d) 3-5 years later.

7. What was exercised in karate that could improve marital relations?
(a) Grace.
(b) Silence.
(c) Speed.
(d) Courtesy.

8. What was deadly serious where an opponent must always be in one's mind to survive and avoid failure?
(a) Avoiding.
(b) Winning.
(c) Fighting.
(d) Training.

9. Where did Gichin live with his oldest son in 1945?
(a) Koishikawa.
(b) Shuri.
(c) Rukyuan.
(d) Okinawa.

10. What might contribute to the appearance and health of girls and young women?
(a) Bosu training.
(b) Karate training.
(c) Jijutsu training.
(d) Tug of war training.

11. Despite fears of war, where did Japan remain peaceful?
(a) Manchuria and Mongolia.
(b) Okinawa and Kyushu.
(c) Kyoto and Suri.
(d) Shuri and Nua.

12. Gichin was on the faculty of a school near what?
(a) Naha.
(b) Senno.
(c) Shaka.
(d) Jinriksha.

13. Gichin took his wife's ashes by train to where?
(a) Tokyo.
(b) London.
(c) Okinawa.
(d) Lisbon.

14. What were Gichin and his wife in Kyushu?
(a) Landlords.
(b) Poets.
(c) Teachers.
(d) Refugees.

15. What offered a karate group of faculty and students that Gichin visited regularly to give instruction?
(a) The ministry.
(b) The university.
(c) The academy.
(d) The dojo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Japanese word for knapsack?

2. Where was Gichin's sick wife?

3. Who was the naval man that became a student of Gichin?

4. Who encouraged and warned Gichin of the difficulties of starting a school in Tokyo?

5. What were the police afraid would happen with karate students?

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