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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Kurosawa lose in his duel with the gang of students that attack him in Murasaki and Shonagon?
(a) His school books.
(b) His bento box.
(c) His bamboo rod.
(d) His kendo outift.

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

3. How did his mother replace the item that Kurosawa lost in his duel in Murasaki and Shonagon?
(a) She goes back to the site of the duel that night and collects the lost item.
(b) She does not replace it.
(c) She gave him another that belonged to his brother.
(d) She quietly buys him a new one.

4. Why did Akira Kurosawa try to work as fast as possible to finish his calligraphy lessons?
(a) To get away from his instructor as quickly as possible.
(b) To get home and take a nap.
(c) To visit Mr. Tachikawa sooner.
(d) To become a more efficient calligrapher.

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

6. How was Akira Kurosawa affected by seeing Forgotten Children in the theater?
(a) He becomes ill and walks out.
(b) He gives it a standing ovation.
(c) He weeps uncontrollably.
(d) He loudly protests that it is lousy.

7. What assertion does Kurosawa refute at the beginning of Keika Middle School?
(a) He never wrote his own screenplays.
(b) He had no physical strength.
(c) He was afraid of girls.
(d) He cried at this graduation.

8. What role did Uekusa Keinosuke later play in Kurosawa's professional life?
(a) Producer.
(b) Assistant Director.
(c) Screenwriter.
(d) Director of Photography.

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

10. What item that a doctor ordered Togashi to eat does Akira Kurosawa blame for her death?
(a) Mushrooms.
(b) Ginger.
(c) Elderberries.
(d) Tree roots.

11. Whose help did Akira Kurosawa eventually employ to convince his father to let him quit calligraphy lessons?
(a) His older brother.
(b) His mother.
(c) Mr. Tachikawa.
(d) His kendo teacher.

12. In Morimura Gakuen, Kusosawa argues that children should not be judged merely by what?
(a) Appearance.
(b) Age.
(c) Economic background.
(d) Ability.

13. At the end of The Long Red Brick Wall, what did Kurosawa do as he walked to school?
(a) Talked to Uekusa.
(b) Whistled.
(c) Read.
(d) Made up stories.

14. What relation was Togashi to Akira?
(a) His grandmother.
(b) His great aunt.
(c) She was a family friend.
(d) His younger sister.

15. In Crybaby, how did Kurosawa's older brother try to toughen him up in preparation face bullies?
(a) He pushes him into a river.
(b) He calls him bad names.
(c) He forced him to eat a worm.
(d) He beats him up.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why dis Kurosawa get selected for a renowned Kendo School?

2. What new aspect of the curriculum was added to Akira's life in fifth grade?

3. As told in Storytellers, what image in a movie reduced young Akira to inconsolable tears?

4. What did Akira decide to do regarding the two speeches he was given to read?

5. How was the Keika Middle School destroyed?

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