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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. What colored animal did Akira Kurosawa think his family should have gotten when he was young?
(a) A gray cat.
(b) A yellow canary.
(c) A goldfish.
(d) A black dog.

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

3. 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) Orange skin.
(d) Swollen eye.

4. What did the Kendo instructor at Kurosawa's school do that ingratiated him to Kurosawa?
(a) Complimented his form.
(b) Bowed to him.
(c) Picked him up in a bout.
(d) Used a dirty word.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Kurosawa and Uekusa Keinosuke have in common when they met?

2. Who sent Akira to Toyokawa Village for the summer after his fifth grade year?

3. What act by Uekusa in Murasaki and Shonagon surprised and infuriated Kurosawa at the time?

4. In My Rebellious Phase, what dangerous material did Akira use on some of his pranks?

5. The mean nickname the children gave Kurosawa at Morimura Gakuen implied that he had tears large as what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened on September 1, 1923?

2. Why does Akira Kurosawa not understand the concept of hometowns?

3. How was Kuosawa's new art teacher different from Mr. Tachikawa?

4. What was Forgotten Children, and how did it affect Kurosawa?

5. How did young Akira put is Kendo into practice in self-defense?

6. Years later, what does Kurosawa think about his brother's insistence that they explore the carnage?

7. How did Kurosawa's brother toughen him up as a child?

8. What ethical dilemma did Kurosawa face at his graduation?

9. Why was Akira sent to Toyokawa Village by his father?

10. Describe the memories of sound that Kurosawa describes at the end of this section?

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