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

2. In 1945, Gichin's dojo was destroyed by what?
(a) Fire.
(b) Tornado.
(c) Stampede.
(d) Air raid.

3. What did children in the garden call Gichin for his smooth, ruddy-skinned complexion?
(a) Spy man.
(b) Snake gourd.
(c) Dancing pole.
(d) Tan man.

4. What did karate training require as a student progressed levels?
(a) Boards.
(b) Weapons.
(c) An opponent.
(d) Ropes.

5. Who told the public bathhouse tale that Gichin repeated?
(a) Seiji.
(b) Kyushu.
(c) Azato.
(d) Ituso.

Short Answer Questions

1. What painter sought instruction for his organization, the Tabata Poplar Club?

2. What did Gichin say that trainees used karate for?

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

4. Where did Gichin's wife live?

5. What new role had the crown prince taken on as the war commenced?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was Gichin so healthy?

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

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

5. How did Gichin get started with his new school?

6. What was the public bathhouse tale told by Seiji?

7. What was the true meaning of karate?

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

9. What did Gichin learn from his students?

10. Describe the book collaboration that Gichin had with the painter.

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