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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Genebei is good at ______________.

2. What does Musui injure badly when he falls down a cliff?

3. What does Musui say people should study at school?

4. What does Musui like to do with Genebei?

5. What does Musui say he spent most of his life pursuing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Musui say about the social ladder?

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

3. What does Musui's father do for him when he turns eighteen?

4. What does Musui's father do when he steals money from his first job? Why?

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

6. What is Musui's reputation?

7. Why does Musui leave Kiheiji's house?

8. What job is Musui given at age seventeen?

9. What happens to Musui at age twelve?

10. What do the boys at Musui's Judo school do? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Training and education are topics of discussion in this book. Where do these topics appear in this book, and what effect do they have on the characters involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 2

The pursuit of happiness was a common theme found in this book. What parts of the plot embodied this theme, and how did that pursuit affect the characters involved?

Essay Topic 3

What happens to Musui when he runs away, and how does this affect the rest of the plot?

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