2. Why dis Kurosawa get selected for a renowned Kendo School?
(a) His arms were determined to be of the right length.
(b) He impressed the instructor at a demonstration.
(c) He wrote an impassioned letter to the instructor.
(d) He was chosen at random.

3. How did his mother replace the item that Kurosawa lost in his duel in Murasaki and Shonagon?
(a) She gave him another that belonged to his brother.
(b) She does not replace it.
(c) She goes back to the site of the duel that night and collects the lost item.
(d) She quietly buys him a new one.

4. In A Distant Village, what did Akira do when after he got drunk on sake?
(a) He kissed a strange woman.
(b) He fell in a rice paddy.
(c) He vomited on his cousin.
(d) He passed out next to a water ox.

5. What was the subject of Inagaki Hiroshi's movie Forgotten Children?
(a) Paralyzed children.
(b) Retarded children.
(c) Child prostitutes.
(d) Child soldiers.

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

7. In The Gleam of Fireflies, what grade was young Akira graduating from?
(a) Twelfth.
(b) Fifth.
(c) Nineth.
(d) First.

8. What item that a doctor ordered Togashi to eat does Akira Kurosawa blame for her death?
(a) Ginger.
(b) Elderberries.
(c) Tree roots.
(d) Mushrooms.

9. With what evocative metaphor does Kurosawa describe his smugness in the second chapter of this section?
(a) Leopard's tail.
(b) Goblin's nose.
(c) Swollen eye.
(d) Orange skin.

10. In Crybaby, what was the subject of Kurosawa's artwork that Tachikawa praised?
(a) Geometric shapes.
(b) Smeared colors.
(c) A snake.
(d) A self-portrait.

11. What was the source of explosions that intermittently went off in the wake of September 1, 1923's catastrophe?
(a) A burst gas mane.
(b) A fireworks stand.
(c) A bombing raid.
(d) An armory.

12. In The Gleam of Fireflies, who wrote a new speech to replace the one young Akira was given?
(a) Akira's older brother.
(b) Mr. Tachikawa.
(c) Uekusa.
(d) Akira.

13. What love besides movies did Akira's father pass down to him?
(a) Love of sports.
(b) Love of beautiful woman.
(c) Love of fine food.
(d) Love of reading.

14. What memory brings tears to Kurosawa's eyes as he recalls it in Whirlwind?
(a) Uekusa's lack of popularity.
(b) His brother's failure.
(c) Mr. Tachikawa's dismissal.
(d) His sister's death.

15. Why was Akira Kurosawa initially rejected for military service?
(a) He was too weak.
(b) He had an education deferment.
(c) He was a home-front asset.
(d) He was a left-wing protester.