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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What word from the novel refers to a Japanese stringed instrument consisting of a rectangular wooden body over which are stretched silk strings?
(a) Junshi.
(b) Kimono.
(c) Shinshu.
(d) Koto.

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

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

7. What is the name of the childhood friend of the narrator’s father that comes to see him on his death bed in the military nobility of pre-industrial Japan?
(a) Omitsu.
(b) Okusan.
(c) K.
(d) Saku-san.

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

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

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

11. K was adopted into the home of what?
(a) A samurai.
(b) A general.
(c) A priest.
(d) A doctor.

12. What is the name of the narrator’s brother-in-law?
(a) K.
(b) Omitsu.
(c) Seki.
(d) Saku-san.

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

14. Where do Sensei, the widow, and her daughter go shopping for clothes in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) Yanagicho.
(b) Zoshigaya.
(c) Nihonbashi.
(d) Yedo.

15. K was the son of a priest in what sect?
(a) Presbyterian.
(b) Kabbala.
(c) Shinshu.
(d) Santerian.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sensei’s landlady tells him that the reason she wanted a boarder was what in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

2. Past what temple does Sensei walk after crossing the Mansei Bridge in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

3. Sensei writes in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, that he was brought up to be what?

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

5. What is the name of the widow and Sensei’s landlord in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

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