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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. What was the result of Uekusa's telling the girl's father that he loved her in Murasaki and Shonagon?
(a) He won her hand in marriage.
(b) He got one date with her.
(c) He never saw her again.
(d) He got beaten by the father.
2. To what does Akira Kurosawa compare the dead animal from his memory in Babyhood?
(a) Steak.
(b) A plate of spaghetti.
(c) A pile of fancid rice.
(d) Sushi.
3. What colored animal did Akira Kurosawa think his family should have gotten when he was young?
(a) A black dog.
(b) A yellow canary.
(c) A goldfish.
(d) A gray cat.
4. 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 gave him another that belonged to his brother.
(c) She does not replace it.
(d) She quietly buys him a new one.
5. The mean nickname the children gave Kurosawa at Morimura Gakuen implied that he had tears large as what?
(a) Baseballs.
(b) Icicles.
(c) Gum drops.
(d) Rice balls.
Short Answer Questions
1. What changed for young Akira after the event of A Long Red Brick Wall?
2. In Murasaki and Shonagon, what does Uekusa recall about Kurosawa in school?
3. What did Kurosawa and Uekusa Keinosuke have in common when they met?
4. What did Kurosawa's father insist he do if he is to take Kendo lessons?
5. How were the streets of Kurosawa's neighborhood lit the on night of September 1, 1923?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe young Akira Kurosawa' daily schedule.
2. What importance does Kurosawa place on mentors in Honor and Revere?
3. How did Kurosawa's brother toughen him up as a child?
4. How was Kurosawa nearly killed on the way to school in this section?
5. What happened on September 1, 1923?
6. Describe Akira's relationship with Aunt Togashi.
7. How did young Uekusa prove foolhardy?
8. In Whirlwind, what sort of decline did Akira's older brother have?
9. How did the earthquake provide an opportunity for violence in Tokyo?
10. Why does Akira Kurosawa not understand the concept of hometowns?
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