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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Gichin show containing photographs of karate stances, kata, and movements?
(a) Cameras.
(b) Pictures.
(c) Scrolls.
(d) Notes.

3. How many bowls of soup did Gichin have a day?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

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

5. Gichin urged students to practice what in public and private daily life?
(a) Speaking.
(b) Fighting.
(c) Kindness.
(d) Ethics.

6. What earthquake struck on September 1, 1923?
(a) Shoto-kan.
(b) Onishiki.
(c) Hiromichi.
(d) Grand Kanto.

7. Gichin's book was published in what year?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1945.

8. How did Gichin eat his food in the summer?
(a) Cold.
(b) Dry.
(c) Wet.
(d) Hot.

9. What is the Japanese word for knapsack?
(a) Furoshiki.
(b) Yugoshi.
(c) Druta.
(d) Kata.

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

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

12. Karate was known in what Islands?
(a) Shuri.
(b) Okinawa.
(c) Kyushu.
(d) Ryukyu.

13. What religion did Gichin's wife follow?
(a) A Singer.
(b) A Priestess.
(c) A Buddhist.
(d) A Writer.

14. Who began to join the karate dojo when Gichin was 80?
(a) Children.
(b) Women.
(c) Lawyers.
(d) Ministers.

15. Where did Gichin postpone a visit to when Kano wanted a demonstration?
(a) Nua.
(b) Tokyo.
(c) Okinawa.
(d) Kyoto.

Short Answer Questions

1. Serious Karate-do pupils were _____________ to maintain interest and training over the long term.

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

3. What did Gichin compare a man's body to?

4. Where was Gichin's sick wife?

5. In 1945, Gichin's dojo was destroyed by what?

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