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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator’s father always refer to Emperor Meiji when discussing news of him in the papers?
(a) His Majesty.
(b) The Holy One.
(c) The Wise One.
(d) His Excellency.

2. Sensei and K decide to go to the coast of where in Part III, Sensei’s Testament during summer vacation?
(a) Tomiura.
(b) Boshu.
(c) Ochanomizu.
(d) Masagocho.

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

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

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

6. How does Sensei presumably die at the end of the novel?
(a) He dies of cancer.
(b) He commits suicide.
(c) He does of tuberculosis.
(d) He is murdered.

7. Sensei writes in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, that he was brought up to be what?
(a) An endearing man.
(b) An excitable man.
(c) An educated man.
(d) An ethical man.

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

9. After discovering K’s body, whom does Sensei decide to wake?
(a) Seki.
(b) The main.
(c) Shizu.
(d) Saku-san.

10. Where is K buried in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) Yanagicho.
(b) Kamakura.
(c) Nikko.
(d) Zoshigaya.

11. Where does Sensei say K was born in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) A Shinshu temple.
(b) Denzuin Temple.
(c) The Temple of Myojin.
(d) Konnyaku-Emma.

12. Who was left in charge of Sensei after the death of his parents?
(a) His uncle.
(b) His grandfather.
(c) His brother.
(d) His grandmother.

13. Sensei asks himself in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, “Can one expect the complicated mechanism of the human mind to betray its purposes so obviously, as though it were some kind of” what?
(a) Rickshaw.
(b) Mirror.
(c) Snake.
(d) Clock.

14. How does K earn money to attend college after being disowned by his foster family?
(a) Singing.
(b) Working as a janitor.
(c) Acting.
(d) Teaching.

15. To what park do K and Sensei walk from the library in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) Yedo park.
(b) Hongo park.
(c) Kyushu park.
(d) Ueno Park.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job offer does a friend from school send to the narrator in Part II, My Parents and I?

2. When talking with K after leaving the library in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, Sensei compares himself to what crouching before a lamb?

3. When was Emperor Meiji born?

4. Who informs Sensei of the widow and her vacant room in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

5. What indiscretion of his uncle’s does Sensei learn about on his third summer home from college in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

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