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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What skill does Musui show off at Fuchu Castle?
(a) His lying skills.
(b) His running skills.
(c) His fighting skills.
(d) His riding skills.

2. Where does Genebei want to fight with Musui?
(a) At his home.
(b) In a ring.
(c) In the church.
(d) At a festival.

3. When Musui returns home, what does his father almost do?
(a) Hires him.
(b) Disowns him.
(c) Sends him to school.
(d) Beats him.

4. Musui says young men should trust ______________.
(a) Their partners.
(b) Their parents.
(c) Their masters.
(d) Their emotions.

5. How is Musui related to Hikoshiro?
(a) He is Musui's nephew.
(b) He is Musui's uncle.
(c) They are brothers.
(d) They are cousins.

6. What does Musui get sick with after running away?
(a) A stomach pain.
(b) Frozen toes.
(c) A headache and a fever.
(d) A broken ankle.

7. What does Musui say people should study at school?
(a) All of these.
(b) Art.
(c) Literature.
(d) History.

8. What does Kihieji treat Musui like?
(a) Another worker.
(b) His son.
(c) A slave.
(d) A visitor.

9. What is Musui free from when he takes a wife?
(a) His father.
(b) The bonds for his arrest.
(c) His job.
(d) Debt.

10. Musui says that ______________ruled his young life.
(a) Arrogance.
(b) Pity.
(c) Greed.
(d) Lust.

11. How old was Musui when he got in his first fight?
(a) Five.
(b) Seven.
(c) Nine.
(d) Eight.

12. What is Murata's occupation?
(a) Road setter.
(b) Monk.
(c) Innkeeper.
(d) Beggar.

13. What skill does Musui learn at age ten?
(a) Skiing.
(b) Swimming.
(c) Wood working.
(d) Horseback riding.

14. Whom does Musui credit for his reputation?
(a) Himself.
(b) His teachers.
(c) His wife.
(d) His son.

15. What does Musui say women should maintain independently?
(a) Their children.
(b) Their household.
(c) Their gardens.
(d) Their finances.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Harakiri?

2. According to Musui, why did he get into his first fight?

3. Where does the shady man take Musui?

4. How old is Musui when he runs away?

5. How does Musui become a leader of the boys in his neighborhood?

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