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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Gichin have to learn because of his social class?
(a) Eight Chinese Classics and Five Chinese Classics of Confucian tradition.
(b) Four Chinese Classics and Seven Chinese Classics of Confucian tradition.
(c) Four Chinese Classics and Five Chinese Classics of Confucian tradition.
(d) Eight Chinese Classics and Five Chinese Classics of Confucian tradition.

3. What did the Okinawa Association for Spirit of the Martial Arts advance?
(a) Jijitsu.
(b) Tug of war.
(c) Karate-do.
(d) Aikido.

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

5. How old was Gichin when he died?
(a) 80.
(b) 99.
(c) 25.
(d) 70.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age did Gichin become a teacher?

2. Matsumura entered a shop of an engraver located where?

3. Who did Gichin meet in school that was the son of a famous karate expert?

4. What did Matsumura want the engraver shop owner to work on for him?

5. In Karate-do, a man could win by doing what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did karate spread in Japan?

2. How did Matsumura defeat the engraver?

3. What was the goal of karate?

4. How were Gichin's karate teachers described in the first section of the book?

5. How did Itosu teach his students the meaning of karate?

6. How did Gichin practice the spirit of karate when thieves visited his home?

7. How did the habu Gichin encountered understand the spirit of karate?

8. How did Gichin rescue the man running from the police initially?

9. What was one reason that Gichin skipped medical school?

10. Why did Gichin stay in the Okinawa area of Shuri despite his promotion?

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