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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Sensei and I (pages 42-80).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Sensei’s wife’s mother from?
(a) Tottori.
(b) Ichigaya.
(c) Nikko.
(d) Niigata.

2. The narrator says in Part I: Sensei and I, that his inn was in a rather out-of-the-way district of the beach town and if one wanted to play billiards or eat ice cream, a rickshaw would cost how much?
(a) 20 sen.
(b) 35 sen.
(c) 40 sen.
(d) 35 sen.

3. Where do the narrator and Sensei go during the flower-viewing season in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) Nikko.
(b) Komagome.
(c) Ueno.
(d) Kamakura.

4. What game does the narrator play with his father while he is recovering to appease his boredom in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) Dominos.
(b) Backgammon.
(c) Chess.
(d) Checkers.

5. When the narrator returns to Tokyo after meeting Sensei at the beach in Part I: Sensei and I, he has how long before the beginning of lectures at the college?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 4 days.
(d) 10 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says in Part I: Sensei and I, “At first, I thought of Sensei’s wife as a woman of” what?

2. 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?

3. What kind of illness has the narrator’s father suffered from for some time in Part I: Sensei and I?

4. How does the narrator describe Sensei’s wife when he first sees her in Part I: Sensei and I?

5. What Japanese province is Sensei from?

(see the answer key)

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