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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. Where does Akemi go to steal from the corpses?
(a) The bomb shelters.
(b) The hospitals.
(c) The battlefields.
(d) The graveyard.

2. What does the priest call the action of killing the men?
(a) Trash collecting.
(b) House cleaning.
(c) Trophy collecting.
(d) Vermin cleaning.

3. What do Gion and his followers like to do together?
(a) Go whoring.
(b) Go cycling.
(c) Go shooting.
(d) Go fishing.

4. What part of his body has Muasashi injured?
(a) His head.
(b) His leg.
(c) His arm.
(d) His foot.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Japanese word for a swordsman?

2. Who delivers a message to Musashi at the inn?

3. Where does Oko allow the two men to sleep?

4. What kind of animal does Jo kill?

5. Who cuts Takezo down from the tree?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Jotaro?

2. Why does the blacksmith want to kill Musashi?

3. Why do Osugi and Gon want to kill Musashi?

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

5. How has Matahachi's life changed for the worse at the beginning of Book III?

6. How do the villagers punish Takuan?

7. How is Matahachi's mother rude to Takeo's family in this section?

8. What signs are there that stealing from corpses is becoming a lucrative business?

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

10. What advice does Nikkan give to Musashi?

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