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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Childhood.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Musui's family move away from the sea?
(a) The house gets flooded.
(b) Musui goes to school.
(c) They have to tend to the farm land.
(d) Musui embarrasses the family.

2. Who constantly scolds Musui as a boy?
(a) His grandmother.
(b) His governess.
(c) His aunt.
(d) His cousin.

3. What is Harakiri?
(a) A form of suicide.
(b) A kind of flower.
(c) A lethal sedative.
(d) A warrior's blade.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who punished Musui after his first fight?

2. How does Musui feel about the skill he learns at age ten?

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

4. When Musui is nine years old, his class hates him because _____________.

5. What is Musui's punishment for fighting with 30 children?

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