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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the widow and Sensei’s landlord in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) Seki.
(b) Shizu.
(c) Ojosan.
(d) Okusan.

2. Sensei says he was not yet how old when he lost both of his parents in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) 10.
(b) 25.
(c) 20.
(d) 15.

3. Sensei claims in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, that Sensei’s family attempted to force him into a marriage with whom while he was in college?
(a) His neighbor.
(b) His cousin.
(c) His aunt.
(d) His sister.

4. Who informs Sensei of the widow and her vacant room in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) A confectioner.
(b) A butcher.
(c) A farmer.
(d) A banker.

5. What disease killed Sensei’s father?
(a) Typhoid.
(b) Lung cancer.
(c) Alzheimer’s
(d) Tuberculosis.

6. Why does the narrator’s sister not return home while their father is ill in Part II, My Parents and I?
(a) She doesn't like the countryside.
(b) She doesn't get along with her mother.
(c) She fears having a miscarriage.
(d) She doesn't get along with her father.

7. Sensei’s family home was how far from the nearest city when he was growing up, according to his letter in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) 4 miles.
(b) 2 miles.
(c) 6 miles.
(d) 14 miles.

8. What religious book does Sensei find in K’s room at the temple after he returns from his first summer vacation at college?
(a) A Bible.
(b) A Koran.
(c) A torah.
(d) A Vinaya.

9. After asking for Ojosan’s hand in marriage, where does Sensei leave the house to go in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) Yanagicho.
(b) Kiharadana.
(c) Suidobashi.
(d) Nihonbashi.

10. Sensei says in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, “In those days, such phrases as ‘the age of awakening’ or” what had not yet come into fashion?
(a) “Prophecy fulfilled.”
(b) “Technological advancement.”
(c) “The new life.”
(d) “The way of the future.”

11. The narrator’s father says in Part II, My Parents and I, “There are advantages and disadvantages in having one's children” what?
(a) Baptized.
(b) Learn karate.
(c) Work.
(d) Educated.

12. 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.

13. Sensei describes the road between the stone bridge and where as being particularly bad in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) Niigata.
(b) Zoshigaya.
(c) Suidobashi.
(d) Yanagicho.

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

15. How did K die?
(a) He had cancer.
(b) He committed suicide.
(c) He had typhoid.
(d) He was hung.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sensei presumably die at the end of the novel?

2. The narrator’s father says in Part II, My Parents and I that the younger generation only knows how to do what?

3. In the middle of what month do K and Sensei return to college in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

4. Okusan takes Sensei out to dinner at a restaurant on what street in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

5. Sensei and K decide to go to the coast of where in Part III, Sensei’s Testament during summer vacation?

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