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

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

3. What part of his body has Toji lost?
(a) His hair.
(b) His leg.
(c) His fingers.
(d) His arm.

4. Why does Akemi's mother insist Akemi steals from corpses?
(a) To raise money to move out of the village.
(b) To maintain the family's lifestyle.
(c) To help them buy food.
(d) To pay the village taxes.

5. Which two characters threaten to kill Musashi?
(a) Oko and Jo.
(b) Osugi and Gon.
(c) Matatachi and Otsu.
(d) Akemi and Takezo.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Akemi try to kill herself?

2. How does Osugi address Otsu?

3. What does the man Matahachi drinks with know Sasaki to be?

4. Who does Seijuro say he has paid to have sex with Akemi?

5. Where do Musashi and Jo stay at an inn?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the reasons Seijuro cannot fight in this chapter?

2. Describe Matahachi's reunion with his mother?

3. Who is Jotaro?

4. How does Jo's father show his torment in this section?

5. Why does Akemi's mother demand Akemi continue to steal from corpses?

6. What is Matahachi's life like with Oko?

7. Why does the blacksmith want to kill Musashi?

8. How does Akemi try to kill herself?

9. Why do the priest say they killed the men?

10. How does Musashi find Otsu again?

(see the answer keys)

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