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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 grab of the thief that made him yell?
(a) Leg.
(b) Testicle.
(c) Foot.
(d) Arm.

2. What did the painter do for Gichin's book?
(a) Screen it.
(b) Pay for it.
(c) Design it.
(d) Publish it.

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

4. Where did Gichin's wife live?
(a) Tokyo.
(b) Okinawa.
(c) Kyoto.
(d) Isamu.

5. Where was Gichin's sick wife?
(a) Rukyuan.
(b) Okinawa.
(c) Kyushu.
(d) Koishikawa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gichin took his wife's ashes by train to where?

2. What did Gichin like to do in the afternoon that he did as a child?

3. What did the person Gichin met in Tokyo want from him?

4. What was Gichin's wife sick from?

5. Gichin's book was published in what year?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the altercation Gichin had with the thief in the rain.

2. Describe Gichin's concern for his former students as the war with China began.

3. What did Gichin teach his students about karate that kept them from forming illegal gangs?

4. How did the earthquake affect Gichin's trade?

5. What did Gichin learn from his students?

6. Why did the children call Gichin "snake gourd?"

7. What was the true meaning of karate?

8. How was karate-do a way of life?

9. Why did many women like karate according to Gichin?

10. Why did Gichin warn against arrogance in training?

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