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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Hanji?
(a) Jiro's sister.
(b) Jiro's brother.
(c) Jiro's father.
(d) Jiro's grandmother.

2. Who is Taro?
(a) Jiro's cousin.
(b) Another puppet apprentice.
(c) The mean grain merchant.
(d) Jiro's neighbor.

3. Who has fallen in love with Joman?
(a) Fusamu.
(b) Kinshi's aunt.
(c) No one.
(d) Hanji's sister.

4. What does Jiro do that is rude?
(a) Does not remove his sandals in Yoshida's house.
(b) Interrupts his father.
(c) Refuses to shake Yoshida's hand.
(d) Does not allow his mother to speak.

5. What is Mochida's response to Jiro's question?
(a) There is no more work.
(b) Jiro has to work longer for a recommendation.
(c) Jiro may visit Hanji.
(d) The puppet is unbalanced.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Teiji's problem?

2. What happens to the snipe?

3. What is Jiro chosen to hold on stage one day?

4. What does Jiro decide to do on the New Year instead of celebrating with the others?

5. What does Isako not let Jiro do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Yoshida tell Jiro when Jiro presents himself to the man and how does Kinshi reassure Jiro?

2. How do Jiro and the other boys feel about Jiro's assignment?

3. What does Jiro admire about one of Yoshida's apprentices?

4. What does Jiro discover when he goes to steal the script for the next play?

5. What does Isako bring to the theater and what does she tell Jiro?

6. What is the basic plot of the play?

7. Where do Jiro and his father go and spend their money, and who do they talk to there?

8. What does the Shogun do about Saburo?

9. What do Saburo and his gang do one evening?

10. Who does Jiro meet at the theater and what does the person tell Jiro?

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