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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Seven and Eight.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Rodrigues go aboard the Erasmus?
(a) looking for the rutters.
(b) guiding the Japanese.
(c) looking for Blackthorne.
(d) removing the canon.

2. After Yabu decides not to kill the crew, where are they held?
(a) in a small cubicle.
(b) on the ship.
(c) in a palace.
(d) in a pit.

3. How do Blackthorne and his men determine which of them will be executed?
(a) selecting the youngest.
(b) drawing straws.
(c) selecting the oldest.
(d) arm wrestling.

4. What sentence is pronounced on Blackthorne's men?
(a) they must become slaves.
(b) one of them must kill the others.
(c) one of them must die.
(d) they will be deported.

5. What does the samurai Omi do when one man fails to bow upon his arrival?
(a) he orders the man put to the lash.
(b) he slices off the man's head.
(c) he has the man crucified.
(d) he throws the man into prison.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Yabu decided to do against direct orders.

2. Why does Blackthorne bow to Yabu?

3. What does Blackthorne want to do?

4. What is the difference between the Erasmus and the galley headed to Osaka?

5. While Yabu is telling Omi that the next battle will be fought at sea, what does he see entering the bay?

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