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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 9 through 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What act by Uekusa in Murasaki and Shonagon surprised and infuriated Kurosawa at the time?
(a) He made a picture that Tachikawa liked.
(b) He charged a gang of bullies.
(c) He lost Kurosawa's favorite robe.
(d) He asked out a girl Kurosawa liked.

2. What changed for Akira Kurosawa after the fight described in Murasaki and Shonagon?
(a) No one every tried to fight him again.
(b) He became more dedicated to his Kendo lessons.
(c) He had to fight the kids every time he walked to his lessons.
(d) He had to take a longer rout to his lessons.

3. At the end of The Long Red Brick Wall, what did Kurosawa do as he walked to school?
(a) Whistled.
(b) Read.
(c) Talked to Uekusa.
(d) Made up stories.

4. What violent event occurred in Akira Kurosawa's first memory?
(a) He was slapped by his mother.
(b) He fell off a table.
(c) He was born.
(d) An earthwuake happened.

5. In Murasaki and Shonagon, what does Uekusa recall about Kurosawa in school?
(a) He was more popular as he got older.
(b) He fought other kids often.
(c) He was painfully shy.
(d) All the girls had crushes on him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What great act of devotion did Uekusa make regarding a girl as a child?

2. What did Kurosawa lose in his duel with the gang of students that attack him in Murasaki and Shonagon?

3. What assertion does Kurosawa refute at the beginning of Keika Middle School?

4. Why dis Kurosawa get selected for a renowned Kendo School?

5. To what does Akira Kurosawa compare the dead animal from his memory in Babyhood?

(see the answer key)

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