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

2. How many siblings does Ojosan have in the novel?
(a) 0.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

3. Sensei’s wife tells the narrator in Part I: Sensei and I, “I see that higher education has made you adept at” what?
(a) “Taking direction.”
(b) “Thinking for yourself.”
(c) “Making friends.”
(d) “Empty rationalization.”

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

5. The author states in the Forward, “The best rendering of the Japanese word "kokoro" that I have seen is Lafcadio Hearn's, which is” what?
(a) “The heart of things.”
(b) “Fanciful.”
(c) “Fast-paced.”
(d) “Strong wind.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Sensei and his wife take a holiday and send a letter with a maple leaf enclosed to the narrator from in Part I: Sensei and I?

2. Sensei asks the narrator while walking through the cemetery in Part I: Sensei and I, “You have never thought seriously of the reality of” what?

3. What is the name of the widow’s daughter in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

4. How many tea houses does the narrator describe on the beach in the beginning of Part I: Sensei and I?

5. The narrator says in Part I: Sensei and I, that he might have never noticed Sensei had he not been accompanied by what?

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