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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. How were the streets of Kurosawa's neighborhood lit the on night of September 1, 1923?
(a) Candles.
(b) Torches.
(c) Emergency generators.
(d) Fireflies.

2. From what book are the two soldiers that Kurosawa used to describe himself and Uekusa as children?
(a) Henry V.
(b) Taketori Monogatari.
(c) The Mahabarata.
(d) The Pillow Book.

3. What was different about the way Mr. Tachikawa taught art at Kuroda?
(a) He encuraged personal creativity.
(b) He let children decide when they were done with a picture.
(c) He taught the children art history.
(d) He never hung up art work.

4. What did Kurosawa's teachers at Morimura Gakuen mistakenly believe about him?
(a) He was mentally challenged.
(b) He was American.
(c) He was two years older than he was.
(d) He was a musical prodigy.

5. What did Kurosawa and Uekusa Keinosuke have in common when they met?
(a) They both took kendo lessons.
(b) They both cried all the time.
(c) They both loved film.
(d) They were both form Tekeni Prefecture.

Short Answer Questions

1. What memory brings tears to Kurosawa's eyes as he recalls it in Whirlwind?

2. In The Gleam of Fireflies, what grade was young Akira graduating from?

3. How did his mother replace the item that Kurosawa lost in his duel in Murasaki and Shonagon?

4. In Crybaby, how did Kurosawa's older brother try to toughen him up in preparation face bullies?

5. Which ethnic group was hunted and killed in the darkness following September 1, 1923?

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