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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 the person Gichin met in Tokyo want from him?
(a) A cigarette.
(b) Money.
(c) Cake.
(d) Clothing.

2. What did popular wrestlers use that could kill a man instantly?
(a) Karate chop.
(b) Tug of war.
(c) Speech.
(d) Shuto.

3. Despite fears of war, where did Japan remain peaceful?
(a) Shuri and Nua.
(b) Okinawa and Kyushu.
(c) Manchuria and Mongolia.
(d) Kyoto and Suri.

4. Gichin urged karate students to train with the eyes of what?
(a) Soul.
(b) Tiger.
(c) Head.
(d) Deer.

5. Gichin took his wife's ashes by train to where?
(a) Okinawa.
(b) Tokyo.
(c) London.
(d) Lisbon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Gichin's favorite food?

2. What was the Okinawan dormitory that Gichin stayed at?

3. How many rules were essential to understanding Karate-do?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did mastery of karate-do require according to Gichin?

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

4. Why was Gichin ashamed of how he reacted to the thief?

5. Why did Gichin warn against arrogance in training?

6. What was the true meaning of karate?

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

8. What did Gichin learn from his students?

9. Why was Gichin so healthy?

10. How did Gichin explain that a karate blow can be fatal years later by comparing the body to boards?

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