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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. Who started as an assistant but quickly moved to a higher grade instructor?
(a) Confucius.
(b) Azato.
(c) Shuri.
(d) Gichin.

2. Where in Okinawa was Gichin born?
(a) Cho.
(b) Shuri.
(c) Yamakawa.
(d) Tokyo.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What were Okinawa's two schools of kata?

2. What did Gichin see floating in stinking muck in the sugarcane field?

3. Azato met the famous Okinawan swordsman called what?

4. Who started the Okinawa Association for Spirit of the Martial Arts?

5. The people of what area trade with southern China where boxing was practiced?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the premise and history of Karate-do: My Way of Life?

3. How was Gichin described as a child?

4. Describe the origins of karate.

5. What did Matsumura learn about life after his experience at the engraver shop?

6. Describe the habu mentioned in Training for Life.

7. How did karate spread in Japan?

8. What was the meaning of the syllables "te" and "kara" in karate?

9. How was Gichin described in the first section of the book?

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

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