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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: I Just Shook His Hand.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Richard told the women who were protesting that they should be concerned about the cop in his story. Why?
(a) Because he was harrassing a woman.
(b) Because she was a woman.
(c) Because cops are corrupt.
(d) Because it is not known whether the cop was a man or a woman.

2. In Part 1, Richard mentions an artist friend who stated that scientists take beautiful flowers apart and then the flowers become what?
(a) Broken.
(b) Scientific.
(c) Deep.
(d) Dull.

3. What did Richard's mother teach him were the highest forms of understanding?
(a) Laughter and human compassion.
(b) Acceptance and faith.
(c) Individuality and strength.
(d) Understanding and love.

4. Why did Richard feel uncomfortable accepting the invitation of the university to come and visit?
(a) Because he had turned them down so many times.
(b) Because he had no paper to give.
(c) Because he had never been there before.
(d) Because he didn't like to travel.

5. When Richard's father showed him a photo of the pope, what did he tell Richard is the difference between the pope and the people that are bowing before him?
(a) That the pope was older.
(b) That the pope is wiser.
(c) That the pope was wearing a hat.
(d) That the pope was closer to God.

Short Answer Questions

1. Richard mentions that a friend of his mother was trying to make a living during the Depression by doing what?

2. How many co-chairmen assisted Richard during the conference in Kyoto?

3. When Richard looked in the garden near his room at the small family inn in Iseokitsu, he noticed what color of tree frog?

4. After Richard graduated from college where did he decide to further his education?

5. When Richard's father was teaching him about birds and why they peck at their feathers, what did his father tell him the lice eat flakes of?

(see the answer key)

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