View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-4, Aliens Arrive, The Black Ships of the Evil Men, His High and Might Mysteriousness, Landing on Sacred Soil (The Audience Hall).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Japan last at war?
(a) 1799.
(b) 1597.
(c) 1810.
(d) 1621.

2. What do the people wonder that the ships might mysteriously be pushing to shore?
(a) A huge oven of fire.
(b) Active volcanoes.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A raging dragon.

3. What does Commodore Perry have for the Emperor from President Fillmore?
(a) A stallion.
(b) A chest of gold.
(c) A letter.
(d) A chest of rifles.

4. What are two exports the United States is hoping to gain from Japan?
(a) Fish and jade.
(b) Fish and coal.
(c) Whale oil and jade.
(d) Coal and whale oil.

5. What was special about Edo?
(a) It had magicians who could work magic to rid the place of the ships.
(b) It was where the largest army in the world was stationed.
(c) It had thousands of underground hallways where many people could hide.
(d) It was the largest city in the world at that time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of knights in Japan?

2. How is the place where the enormous ships appear described?

3. When does the lead shogun learn the news of the arrival of the ships?

4. What did Commodore Perry not know about the Emperor?

5. What did Commodore Perry pretend to be?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 259 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample