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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Ten through Nineteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What country does Blackthorne say he is not an enemy of?
(a) China.
(b) Japan.
(c) the Friar's home country, Spain
(d) Holland.

2. What does Yabu find on the Erasmus?
(a) dynamite, fuses, water mines, and wine.
(b) muskets, gold, silver, plate, coins, and fancy clothing.
(c) stowaways and maps of the Pacific Ocean.
(d) rum, Chinese silks, coconuts, and bananas.

3. Although he treats Blackthorne well, what does Mura believe?
(a) that he will become a slave of the shōgun.
(b) that the daimyo will order Blackthorne's execution.
(c) that the samurai will chop off his head.
(d) that he will be forced to fight a samurai.

4. How does Blackthorne realize he is not going to be executed?
(a) they give him a bath and new clothes.
(b) they take him out of the prison courtyard.
(c) they give him a musket.
(d) they tell him in Portuguese.

5. What does the first priest indicate when he arrives where Blackthorne is held prisoner?
(a) that Blackthorne is the lone survivor of the wreck.
(b) that Blackthorne is safe because of his golden hair.
(c) that Blackthorne will become a slave.
(d) that Blackthorne is going to die.

Short Answer Questions

1. What offer does Rodrigues make to Blackthorne?

2. How does the galley get safely into the harbor?

3. What question comes to mind when Blackthorne almost falls off the galley while Rodrigues is piloting?

4. How does Yabu cover his attempt to get the ship's treasure and weaponry for himself?

5. Why does Hiro-matsu request permission to commit seppuku?

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