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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Okusan bring to Sensei after he says he is not feeling well in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) Buckwheat gruel.
(b) Scrambled eggs.
(c) A trout fillet.
(d) Rice cakes.

2. What job offer does a friend from school send to the narrator in Part II, My Parents and I?
(a) A managerial position.
(b) A government position.
(c) A secondary teaching post.
(d) A laborer position.

3. 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 being.”
(b) “My property.”
(c) “My religion.”
(d) “My foundation.”

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

5. When did Emperor Meiji die historically?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1897.

6. When talking with K after leaving the library in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, Sensei compares himself to what crouching before a lamb?
(a) A leopard.
(b) A crocodile.
(c) A tiger.
(d) A wolf.

7. What is Sensei speaking of when he says they “are not meant to stir the air only: they are capable of moving greater things” in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) “Horses.”
(b) “Words.”
(c) “Customs.”
(d) “Laws.”

8. 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?
(a) Withdraw from the family.
(b) Kill him.
(c) Sue him.
(d) Propose a counter offer.

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

10. Okusan takes Sensei out to dinner at a restaurant on what street in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) Tottori.
(b) Kamakura.
(c) Ichigaya.
(d) Kiharadana.

11. Sensei writes in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, “As I look about me, I find that I really have no” what?
(a) “Friends.”
(b) “Questions.”
(c) “Obligations.”
(d) “Secrets.”

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

13. 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?
(a) Whale steak.
(b) Grilled rice cakes.
(c) Dolphin fin soup.
(d) Fried mushrooms.

14. 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 fears having a miscarriage.
(c) She doesn't get along with her father.
(d) She doesn't get along with her mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many siblings did Sensei have growing up?

2. K was adopted into the home of what?

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

4. 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?

5. What “old-fashioned phrase” does Sensei use to describe K’s situation at home in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

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