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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Matahachi blame for his current position?
(a) Oko and Takezo.
(b) Gon and Akemi.
(c) Otsu and Tenki.
(d) Sasaki and Kojiro.

2. What does Otsu agree to deliver?
(a) A letter.
(b) A book.
(c) A scroll.
(d) A sword.

3. Whose honor do Osugi and Gon want to restore?
(a) Their tribe's.
(b) Their country's.
(c) Their family's.
(d) Their siblings'.

4. Who is Matahachi's mother with?
(a) Otsu.
(b) Oko.
(c) Jo.
(d) Gon.

5. What does Musashi want the priests at the temple to teach him?
(a) Writing.
(b) Meditation.
(c) Fighting.
(d) Mathematics.

6. What does Matahachi search Oko's possessions for?
(a) Weapons.
(b) Food.
(c) Keys.
(d) Money.

7. What kind of instrument does Otsu play?
(a) A drum.
(b) A guitar.
(c) A harp.
(d) A flute.

8. How does Akemi try to kill herself?
(a) She tries to shoot herself.
(b) She tries to drown herself.
(c) She tries to jump from a cliff.
(d) She tries to fall on to her sword.

9. Where does Takezo have to serve out his punishment?
(a) A chain gang.
(b) A basement.
(c) A farm.
(d) A castle.

10. What does Nikkon tell Musashi he cannot continue to pride himself on?
(a) His strength.
(b) His humor.
(c) His brains.
(d) His sexuality.

11. What is the Japanese word for a swordsman?
(a) Samurai.
(b) Ronin.
(c) Nikkan.
(d) Polono.

12. Whose family does Matahachi want to find?
(a) His own.
(b) Jo's.
(c) Sasaki's.
(d) Akeni's.

13. Whose money does Matahachi use to fund his search?
(a) Gon's.
(b) Sasaki's.
(c) Otsu's.
(d) His own.

14. What city has Matahachi found work in?
(a) Seoul.
(b) Fushimi.
(c) Tokoyo.
(d) Kyoto.

15. What do the villagers tie Takezo to?
(a) A railing.
(b) A table.
(c) A tree.
(d) A flag pole.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the priest think will gore out Takezo's eyes if the villagers tie him to a tree?

2. How does Otsu react when she sees Musashi at the end of this section?

3. Why does Jo kill the dog?

4. Where does Jo say his father now lives?

5. What do Gion and his followers like to do together?

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