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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. What do the native inhabitants call the two ships?
(a) The birds of fire.
(b) Alien ships of fire.
(c) God's wrath.
(d) The mountains of fire.

2. What was Edo?
(a) The capital of Korea.
(b) The large city where the ships landed.
(c) The capital of Japan.
(d) The capital of China.

3. Where did messengers go as the ships were landing?
(a) Edo.
(b) To Mount Fiji to ask the oracle what to do.
(c) Peking.
(d) Seoul.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. About what time did the American ships finally anchor in Edo Bay?

2. Who was a mere puppet?

3. With what are the Americans impressed?

4. What are two of the ships doing that scares some of the inhabitants?

5. What is the name of knights in Japan?

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