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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) “The true way.”
(b) “Enormous wealth.”
(c) “Important answers.”
(d) “A better life.”

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

4. 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) 2 miles.
(b) 14 miles.
(c) 4 miles.
(d) 6 miles.

5. 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) “The new life.”
(b) “Prophecy fulfilled.”
(c) “Technological advancement.”
(d) “The way of the future.”

Short Answer Questions

1. After discovering K’s body, whom does Sensei decide to wake?

2. What refers to the medieval Japanese act of vassals committing ritual suicide upon the death of their lord?

3. What disease killed Sensei’s father?

4. Sensei explains in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, that rickshaw wheels then did not have what, as they do now?

5. When did Emperor Meiji die historically?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Sensei move after severing ties with his adoptive family in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

2. What does K confront Sensei about outside the library in Part III, Sensei’s Testament? How does Sensei respond?

3. Describe the scene when Sensei discovers K’s suicide in Part III, Sensei’s Testament. What is Sensei’s emotional response?

4. What is revealed in K’s suicide note in Part III, Sensei’s Testament? How does Sensei react?

5. What does Soseki’s father say after Soseki’s arrival to cause Soseki to feel remorse in Part II, My Parents and I?

6. How are Sensei’s early days with his adoptive family described in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

7. How does K’s family dispute conclude in Part III, Sensei’s Testament? How does K feel about the situation?

8. Why does Soseki’s mother urge Soseki to write to Sensei in Part II, My Parents and I?

9. What does Sensei learn about K’s discovery of the engagement in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

10. How does Sensei’s past, revealed in his final letter, explain his demeanor in the earlier parts of the novel?

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