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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Sensei’s Testament (pages 164-207).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sensei writes in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, that he was brought up to be what?
(a) An excitable man.
(b) An endearing man.
(c) An educated man.
(d) An ethical man.

2. Who was left in charge of Sensei after the death of his parents?
(a) His uncle.
(b) His grandfather.
(c) His grandmother.
(d) His brother.

3. Sensei describes walking up the slope of Koishikawa toward what temple in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) Shinshu temple.
(b) The Temple of Myojin.
(c) Konnyaku-Emma Temple.
(d) Denzuin Temple.

4. Where does the narrator’s elder brother work?
(a) Kyushu.
(b) Hongo.
(c) Masagocho.
(d) Yedo.

5. The head of the family that was renting a room in the house that Sensei would eventually take was killed in what war, according to Sensei in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) The Shimabara Rebellion.
(b) The Indian-Japanese War.
(c) The Sino-Japanese War.
(d) The Russo-Japanese War.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sensei claims in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, “I do believe that for love to grow there must first be the impact of” what?

2. What word does the narrator use in Part II, My Parents and I, meaning an instance of talkativeness or garrulity?

3. Sensei tells the narrator in his letter in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, that he wants to reveal his past to the narrator because he is what?

4. The narrator tells Sensei in Part I: Sensei and I, “I value your opinions because they are the results of your” what?

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

(see the answer key)

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