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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is young Akira in his earliest memory?
(a) The womb.
(b) A crib.
(c) A wash basin.
(d) His mother's arms.

2. How does Kurosawa describe the style of institution that Kuroda Primary School is?
(a) A highly westernized school.
(b) A traditional Japanese school.
(c) A special needs school.
(d) A military-type school.

3. In Crybaby, how did Kurosawa's older brother try to toughen him up in preparation face bullies?
(a) He pushes him into a river.
(b) He calls him bad names.
(c) He beats him up.
(d) He forced him to eat a worm.

4. What subject was Kurosawa's older brother in love with when he failed his final exam?
(a) Kendo.
(b) Calligraphy.
(c) Architecture.
(d) Foreign literature.

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

6. How does Mr. Iwamatsu respond to students who are struggling with exams?
(a) He shrugs.
(b) He helps them through problems.
(c) He mocks them mercilessly.
(d) He tells them the answers.

7. What job in the movies did Kurosawa's brother take in the 1930's?
(a) Assistant director.
(b) Narrator.
(c) Set dresser.
(d) Photographer.

8. In Murasaki and Shonagon, how does Kurosawa assume he knew about the literary soldiers he referenced as a child?
(a) His calligraphy teacher.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His father.
(d) Mr. Tachikawa.

9. What relation was Togashi to Akira?
(a) She was a family friend.
(b) His great aunt.
(c) His younger sister.
(d) His grandmother.

10. With whom dis young Akira explore the destroyed city in A Horrifying Excursion?
(a) Uekusa.
(b) His brother.
(c) His father.
(d) Mr. Tachikawa.

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

12. The mean nickname the children gave Kurosawa at Morimura Gakuen implied that he had tears large as what?
(a) Baseballs.
(b) Icicles.
(c) Gum drops.
(d) Rice balls.

13. What did Kurosawa's father insist he do if he is to take Kendo lessons?
(a) Make daily offering at a temple.
(b) Read Lao Tsu.
(c) Give up art lessons.
(d) Get straight A's at school.

14. What changed for young Akira after the event of A Long Red Brick Wall?
(a) Nothing changed.
(b) He never rode the train at rush hour.
(c) He walked to school.
(d) He always went to school with Uekusa.

15. What did young Akira do in Toyokawa Village to impress his fellow young people?
(a) Draw them pictures.
(b) Steal booze.
(c) Jump off waterfalls.
(d) Tell them about Tokyo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What colored animal did Akira Kurosawa think his family should have gotten when he was young?

2. What did Kurosawa's teachers at Morimura Gakuen mistakenly believe about him?

3. Whose help did Akira Kurosawa eventually employ to convince his father to let him quit calligraphy lessons?

4. What was the result of Uekusa's telling the girl's father that he loved her in Murasaki and Shonagon?

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

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