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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Sensei and I (pages 21-42).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the narrator’s fellow vacationing student friend at the beach from in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) The Northern Provinces.
(b) The Eastern Provinces.
(c) The Western Provinces.
(d) The Central Provinces.

2. Where do Sensei and his wife take a holiday and send a letter with a maple leaf enclosed to the narrator from in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) Niigata.
(b) Nikko.
(c) Tottori.
(d) Ichigaya.

3. How often does Sensei go to the cemetery to visit his friend’s grave?
(a) Once a month.
(b) Once a day.
(c) Once a week.
(d) Once a year.

4. Sensei repeatedly tells the narrator that there is what in loving in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) Dignity.
(b) Anger.
(c) Guilt.
(d) Pride.

5. How many tea houses does the narrator describe on the beach in the beginning of Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) 15.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the narrator’s vacationing student friend called home in the beginning of Part I: Sensei and I?

2. The author states in the Forward, “The best rendering of the Japanese word "kokoro" that I have seen is Lafcadio Hearn's, which is” what?

3. Where is Sensei’s wife’s mother from?

4. What does Sensei’s wife mention as a possible cause of the change in Sensei in Part I: Sensei and I?

5. Sensei asks the narrator while walking through the cemetery in Part I: Sensei and I, “You have never thought seriously of the reality of” what?

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