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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. 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) “Disease.”
(b) “Vengeance.”
(c) “Temptation.”
(d) “Evil.”

2. What refers to the medieval Japanese act of vassals committing ritual suicide upon the death of their lord?
(a) Junshi.
(b) Kimono.
(c) Samurai.
(d) Shinshu.

3. Sensei tells the narrator in Part I: Sensei and I, “I do not want your admiration now, because I do not want your” what?
(a) “Scorn along with it.”
(b) “Insults in the future.”
(c) “Biased point of view.”
(d) “Humble opinion.”

4. Sensei tells the narrator in Part I: Sensei and I, “[I]f you ever allow yourself to feel betrayed, you will then find yourself being” what?
(a) “Excellently moved.”
(b) “Awfully morose.”
(c) “Cruelly vindictive.”
(d) “Obstinately vengeful.”

5. What insects does the narrator hear singing outside his window at his family home in Part II, My Parents and I?
(a) Ants.
(b) Cicadas.
(c) Beetles.
(d) Crickets.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator’s elder brother work?

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

3. Sensei says of the financial agreement reached between him and his uncle that he had two options: to accept what was offered, or to do what?

4. What “delicacy” does the narrator’s father enjoy having his wife prepare for him while he is bed-ridden in Part II, My Parents and I?

5. After the narrator makes an amused comment about a loving couple in the garden during flower-viewing season in Part I: Sensei and I, what does Sensei ask him?

(see the answer key)

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