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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Sensei’s Testament (through page 164).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What indiscretion of his uncle’s does Sensei learn about on his third summer home from college in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) He has divorced his wife.
(b) He has a mistress in town.
(c) He is a political spy.
(d) He has a drinking problem.

2. How many siblings did Sensei have growing up?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 0.

3. Sensei writes in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, “As I look about me, I find that I really have no” what?
(a) “Questions.”
(b) “Friends.”
(c) “Secrets.”
(d) “Obligations.”

4. The narrator says after his discussion with Sensei at the tree nursery in Part I: Sensei and I, “Among the things that Sensei said, what interested me most was his remark that no man was immune to” what?
(a) “Vengeance.”
(b) “Evil.”
(c) “Disease.”
(d) “Temptation.”

5. How does the narrator travel to the cemetery to meet with Sensei in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) By train.
(b) By foot.
(c) By carraige.
(d) By rickshaw.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of nature does Sensei tell the narrator he has after they leave the tree nursery in Part I: Sensei and I?

2. Sensei apologizes in Part III, Sensei’s Testament for being what kind of person?

3. What type of tree in the cemetery does Sensei make a point of walking past every time he visits his friend’s grave, according to the narrator in Part I: Sensei and I?

4. Where is the narrator’s fellow vacationing student friend at the beach from in Part I: Sensei and I?

5. What word from the novel refers to a Japanese stringed instrument consisting of a rectangular wooden body over which are stretched silk strings?

(see the answer key)

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