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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. When Musui is nine years old, his class hates him because _____________.
(a) He is always fighting.
(b) He is poor.
(c) He is the best in the class.
(d) He is rich.

2. What does Musui say he spent most of his life pursuing?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Worthless activities.
(c) Social success.
(d) Women and money.

3. How does Musui become a leader of the boys in his neighborhood?
(a) He threatens to commit suicide.
(b) He beats them all up.
(c) He steals money from his father.
(d) He shows his skill with a kite.

4. Where does Musui go to take his mind off his problems after he is married?
(a) His father's house.
(b) Otani.
(c) The Pleasure District.
(d) The seashore.

5. What does the Commissioner call Musui's running away?
(a) A bold move.
(b) A youthful whim.
(c) A mistake of youth.
(d) A show of bravery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Genebei want to fight with Musui?

2. What is the name of Musui's son?

3. Where is this book set?

4. What does Musui do to increase his reputation with a sword?

5. What does Musui hope his reader will become after reading this book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What advice does Musui give to little girls and boys?

2. What does Musui say his grandmother did to his as a child?

3. Why does Musui not try to read and write when he is young?

4. What does Musui do after being beaten by twenty boys at a young age?

5. What does Musui's father do when Musui comes home after running away?

6. What is Musui's reputation?

7. How is Musui rescued after he falls off a cliff?

8. What advice does Musui give to young men?

9. How does Musui discover the Pleasure District?

10. What does Musui say everyone should be grateful for?

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