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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-8, The Dutch Island Prison, Foreigners Forbidden, The Great Peace, Clouds Over the Land of the Rising Sun.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When could the Dutch leave the island?
(a) Once a year.
(b) Whenever they wanted to.
(c) Only with special permission.
(d) During the three great festivals of the year.

2. Who was Nakajima?
(a) The Emperor's First Councilor.
(b) An interpreter.
(c) An American sailor born in Japan.
(d) A vice-governor of Uraga.

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

4. How many people lived in Edo?
(a) About 500,000.
(b) Over a million.
(c) About 44 thousand.
(d) Over 100,000.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was a mere puppet?

2. Of what does Manjiro assure the Shogun?

3. Who comprised the lower class in the cities?

4. In what year does the book open?

5. Why were the feudal lords required to leave their wives and children in Edo?

(see the answer key)

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