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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. On what public conveyance was young Akira during the events of A Long Red Brick Wall?
(a) A train.
(b) A streetcar.
(c) A tram.
(d) A rickshaw.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Akira do as a military student?

2. Where did young Akira's father like to take his son addition to the cinema?

3. What subject was Kurosawa's older brother in love with when he failed his final exam?

4. How many family members did Akira Kurosawa lose in the events of September 1, 1923?

5. Where is young Akira in his earliest memory?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What embarrassments did young Akira experience at his father's hometown?

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

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

6. Describe young Akira Kurosawa' daily schedule.

7. Why did Akira Kurosawa dislike his calligraphy tutor?

8. In Whirlwind, what sort of decline did Akira's older brother have?

9. What importance does Kurosawa place on mentors in Honor and Revere?

10. What bad relationship did Akira develop at Keika Middle School?

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