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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the Okinawan dormitory that Gichin stayed at?
(a) Kano Rudo.
(b) Meisei Juku.
(c) Shinkin Gima.
(d) Jigoro Kano.

3. What did the person Gichin met in Tokyo want from him?
(a) Clothing.
(b) A cigarette.
(c) Money.
(d) Cake.

4. What made kata similar to dance?
(a) Grace.
(b) Shape.
(c) Smoothness.
(d) Speed.

5. What Judo master asked Gichin to teach him some basic kata?
(a) Shinkin Gima.
(b) Jigoro Kano.
(c) Master Azato.
(d) Meisei Juku.

6. Why was Gichin ashamed of himself after confronting the thief?
(a) Losing to a thief.
(b) Giving up so quickly.
(c) Needing the help of the police.
(d) Taking the offensive.

7. Who was the naval man that became a student of Gichin?
(a) Isamu.
(b) Rokuro.
(c) Azato.
(d) Onishiki.

8. Gichin was asked to introduce karate to what Japanese capital?
(a) Azato.
(b) Tabata.
(c) Okinawa.
(d) Tokyo.

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

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

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

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

13. What could trainees develop from karate?
(a) Real height.
(b) Real speed.
(c) Real courage.
(d) Real muscles.

14. What painter sought instruction for his organization, the Tabata Poplar Club?
(a) Shinkin Gima.
(b) Jigoro Kano.
(c) Master Azato.
(d) Hoan Kosugi.

15. Serious Karate-do pupils were _____________ to maintain interest and training over the long term.
(a) Feisty and vigorous.
(b) Speedy and critical.
(c) Considerate and purposeful.
(d) Energetic and lively.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who began to join the karate dojo when Gichin was 80?

2. How did Gichin eat his food in the summer?

3. How many bowls of soup did Gichin have a day?

4. What was deadly serious where an opponent must always be in one's mind to survive and avoid failure?

5. What did karate training require as a student progressed levels?

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