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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Musui find that allows him to cook grain?
(a) A tin can.
(b) A sake bottle.
(c) A flat stone.
(d) A broken piece of plaster.

2. What do Musui's classmates do to torture him when he is nine years old?
(a) Lock him in a closet.
(b) Tie him in the rafters.
(c) Burn his clothes.
(d) Steal his food.

3. What does Musui hope his reader will become after reading this book?
(a) Spiritual.
(b) Inspired.
(c) Grateful.
(d) Virtuous.

4. What are coolies?
(a) Bankers.
(b) Travellers.
(c) Laborers.
(d) Prostitutes.

5. Why does Musui go to the Ise Shrine?
(a) To pray.
(b) To send a message.
(c) To find justice.
(d) To get a job.

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

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

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

9. Who catches Musui stealing money after he meets the shady man?
(a) His cousin.
(b) His brother.
(c) His grandmother.
(d) His mother.

10. How does Musui feel about the skill he learns at age ten?
(a) He doesn't care one way or the other about it.
(b) He hates it.
(c) He is confident about it.
(d) He loves it.

11. What does Musui hope to teach by in this book?
(a) His mistakes.
(b) His desires.
(c) His example.
(d) His triumphs.

12. How old is Musui when he recovers from his infection?
(a) 15.
(b) 14.
(c) 18.
(d) 16.

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

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

15. What was Musui's mother's occupation?
(a) Salesgirl.
(b) Concubine.
(c) Business woman.
(d) Dancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Musui say men should eat?

2. What does Musui steal when he runs away?

3. What skill does Musui say all boys should have?

4. What does Musui work on for Kihieji?

5. Whom does Musui credit for his reputation?

(see the answer keys)

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