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

2. How does Musui describe his son?
(a) The sweetest thing in his life.
(b) The mirror image of himself.
(c) The polar opposite of his grandfather.
(d) The perfect example of responsibility.

3. Where does Musui steal money from after meeting the shady man?
(a) Tax money.
(b) His mother.
(c) Petty cash.
(d) His brother.

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

5. What is Musui's punishment for fighting with 30 children?
(a) He is locked up.
(b) He is beat.
(c) He must pay for the damage.
(d) He is sent to school.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Musui meet the shady man?

2. Musui says that ______________ruled his young life.

3. What does Musui say women should maintain independently?

4. Who raised Musui when he was born?

5. How does Musui say men should eat?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does a brothel owner do for Musui after he runs away?

3. What does Musui learn from Genebei?

4. What job is Musui given at age seventeen?

5. What does Musui refuse to do when he comes home after running away, and what does this do to him?

6. What skill does Musui learn at age eleven, and how does he feel about it?

7. What is Musui's reputation?

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

9. What happens when Musui encounters some Samurai after he runs away?

10. Why is Musui so fond of picking duels when he is seventeen?

(see the answer keys)

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