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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Through the grounds of what temple does Sensei enter the house of Okusan in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) Denzuin.
(b) Myojin.
(c) Shinshu.
(d) Konnyaku-Emma.

2. K tells Sensei in Part III, Sensei’s Testament that he doesn’t mind deceiving his foster parents so long as it will lead him to what?
(a) “The true way.”
(b) “Important answers.”
(c) “Enormous wealth.”
(d) “A better life.”

3. Sensei says he was not yet how old when he lost both of his parents in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) 15.
(b) 10.
(c) 25.
(d) 20.

4. When does the narrator say he had come home in Part II, My Parents and I?
(a) December.
(b) July.
(c) March.
(d) September.

5. How many days before the narrator leaves for Tokyo does his father have a fainting spell in Part II, My Parents and I?
(a) 7.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

6. How does the narrator’s father always refer to Emperor Meiji when discussing news of him in the papers?
(a) The Holy One.
(b) His Majesty.
(c) His Excellency.
(d) The Wise One.

7. Sensei says of the financial agreement reached between him and his uncle that he had two options: to accept what was offered, or to do what?
(a) Propose a counter offer.
(b) Sue him.
(c) Withdraw from the family.
(d) Kill him.

8. Sensei says in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, “Women in those days did not wear their hair over their foreheads, but twisted it up like” what on top of their heads?
(a) “Snake coils.”
(b) “Pig tails.”
(c) “Jungle vines.”
(d) “Tornadoes.”

9. Sensei claims in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, “I do believe that for love to grow there must first be the impact of” what?
(a) “Novelty.”
(b) “Conversation.”
(c) “Diversity.”
(d) “Arousal.”

10. How many siblings did Sensei have growing up?
(a) 2.
(b) 0.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

11. Okusan and Ojosan leave the house to visit relatives where in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) Kiharadana.
(b) Yedo.
(c) Kyushu.
(d) Ichigaya.

12. Sensei’s family home was how far from the nearest city when he was growing up, according to his letter in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) 2 miles.
(b) 6 miles.
(c) 4 miles.
(d) 14 miles.

13. After discovering K’s body, whom does Sensei decide to wake?
(a) Seki.
(b) The main.
(c) Saku-san.
(d) Shizu.

14. When Sensei asks for Ojosan’s hand in marriage, he says the conversation does not last longer than what in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) 10 minutes.
(b) 2 mintues.
(c) 15 minutes.
(d) 6 minutes.

15. Okusan takes Sensei out to dinner at a restaurant on what street in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) Ichigaya.
(b) Tottori.
(c) Kamakura.
(d) Kiharadana.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Sensei, the widow, and her daughter go shopping for clothes in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

2. Sensei writes in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, “As I look about me, I find that I really have no” what?

3. Who was left in charge of Sensei after the death of his parents?

4. Sensei asks himself in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, “Can one expect the complicated mechanism of the human mind to betray its purposes so obviously, as though it were some kind of” what?

5. Where does Sensei say K was born in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

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