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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the narrator say he had come home in Part II, My Parents and I?
(a) March.
(b) July.
(c) December.
(d) September.

2. Past what temple does Sensei walk after crossing the Mansei Bridge in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) Denzuin Temple.
(b) Konnyaku-Emma.
(c) The Temple of Myojin.
(d) A Shinshu temple.

3. Where did Sensei visit before leaving his home for Tokyo after the quarrel with his uncle in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) His parents’ graves.
(b) The temple square.
(c) The nunnery.
(d) His sister's grave.

4. What “old-fashioned phrase” does Sensei use to describe K’s situation at home in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) “Restricted to silence.”
(b) “Walking on eggshells.”
(c) “Entered into the flame.”
(d) “Expelled from his father’s house.”

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 Sino-Japanese War.
(b) The Russo-Japanese War.
(c) The Shimabara Rebellion.
(d) The Indian-Japanese War.

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

7. What phrase does Sensei say of K “described completely his daily life” in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) “Purity of spirit.”
(b) “Level of education.”
(c) “Concentration of mind.”
(d) “Consumption by fear.”

8. K tells Sensei in Part III, Sensei’s Testament that he doesn’t mind deceiving his foster parents so long as it will lead him to what?
(a) “A better life.”
(b) “The true way.”
(c) “Important answers.”
(d) “Enormous wealth.”

9. Sensei writes in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, “Since my past was experienced only by me, I might be excused if I regarded it as” what?
(a) “My religion.”
(b) “My being.”
(c) “My foundation.”
(d) “My property.”

10. What indiscretion of his uncle’s does Sensei learn about on his third summer home from college in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) He is a political spy.
(b) He has a drinking problem.
(c) He has a mistress in town.
(d) He has divorced his wife.

11. The narrator tells his mother that he will have to go to Tokyo when in Part II, My Parents and I?
(a) October.
(b) September.
(c) April.
(d) February.

12. Okusan and Ojosan leave the house to visit relatives where in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) Kiharadana.
(b) Yedo.
(c) Kyushu.
(d) Ichigaya.

13. 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?
(a) Going to be Emperor.
(b) Getting married.
(c) Sincere.
(d) Obtuse.

14. When was General Nogi born?
(a) 1876.
(b) 1823.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1849.

15. Where do Sensei and K go after leaving Hota during their summer vacation together in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) Masagocho.
(b) Ochanomizu.
(c) Boshu.
(d) Tomiura.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Through the grounds of what temple does Sensei enter the house of Okusan in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

3. When Sensei asks for Ojosan’s hand in marriage, he says the conversation does not last longer than what in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

4. What is K wearing around his wrist when Sensei finds him living in the temple after their first summer vacation from college?

5. What poems does Sensei ask K if he knows after a game of cards in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

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