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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. How long does Musui wait for the kind of job he wants after he is released from his cage.

2. Whom does Musui steal from after retiring?

3. What bad habit does Maigoichiro have?

4. Whom does Musui lend money to after retiring?

5. What does Musui do first when he fights Kuma?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Musui know Tatekawi?

2. Why does Musui agree to help in the conflict between Josuke and Magoichiro?

3. What does Musui do when he is 38 years old, and why?

4. How does Musui make a great deal of money for himself after he retires?

5. What surprises Kiheiji when Musui sees him after his marriage?

6. Why does Musui say the gods have smiled on him at the end of the book?

7. Why does Musui have to stop his wife from killing someone?

8. What does Josuke do when he is hired by Magoichiro?

9. What does Musui learn after Rintaro is attacked by a dog?

10. What does Musui say made his life fun?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do Musui and his son differ from each other? Why?

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

In this book, Katsu Kokichi presents the idea that there are two sides to every man. Choose three of the characters from the book and write about their dual natures and how this duality affected the characters around them.

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