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

2. Wutang was named after what mountains?
(a) Indian.
(b) Korean.
(c) Chinese.
(d) Japanese.

3. Nukite is a kind of what?
(a) Kata.
(b) Itosu.
(c) Pellet.
(d) Uuri.

4. What did thieves take from Gichin's house?
(a) Cakes.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Money.
(d) Karate clothes.

5. Karate became a part of what education in schools and colleges in Japan?
(a) Physical education.
(b) Life sciences.
(c) Military training.
(d) Humanities.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were two admirals that supported martial arts in 1921?

2. Gichin received a promotion to principal of an outlying school but chose to do what?

3. Who started as an assistant but quickly moved to a higher grade instructor?

4. How old was Gichin when he died?

5. Why did Gichin violate the spirit of karate-do after his hand wrestling bouts?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the young confident man mentioned during the typhoon in Okinawa.

2. Describe the habu mentioned in Training for Life.

3. Describe the origins of karate.

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

5. How was the son of Azato that Gichin met described in the first section of the book?

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

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

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

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

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

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