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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was one thing the Americans did that amazed the Japanese?
(a) Took pictures.
(b) Talked to the Japanese women.
(c) Practiced rifle shooting.
(d) Refused the offer of the public baths.

2. What was one thing that amazed the botantist Morrow?
(a) The number of hybrid plants the Japanese had developed.
(b) The size of the Japanese grapes.
(c) The size of the Japanese apples.
(d) The Japanese irrigation system.

3. When did the Japanese say they would open a harbor?
(a) In five years.
(b) Next year.
(c) Never.
(d) In fifteen years.

4. What did Perry decide as far as Shimoda and Hakodate was concerned?
(a) To establish consuls there and work his way inland.
(b) To visit them.
(c) He had no plans as of yet.
(d) To let half his ships go one place and half to the other.

5. What was Perry concerned about regarding the Shogun?
(a) He would be ready for Commodore Perry's arrival next time with more soldiers.
(b) His death would Commodore Perry from returning.
(c) His death would bring in a new, more repressive Shogun.
(d) His death would cause too much instability for profitable trade.

6. Who entertained the Commodore and his staff on the tour?
(a) The captain of the ship.
(b) The owner of the factory.
(c) A Buddhist monk.
(d) One of the mayors.

7. Who finally came to one of the parties between the Japanese and Americans?
(a) The Emperor.
(b) The Shogun.
(c) The head Samurai.
(d) Kayama.

8. Who was Abigail Jernegan?
(a) An American journalist.
(b) The first foreign woman to land in Japan.
(c) A British missionary who had been in Hakodate for years.
(d) A female nurse aboard Commodore Perry's ship.

9. What is one thing the treaty called for?
(a) The right to travel freely throughout Japan.
(b) Fishing rights for the Americans.
(c) Peace between the U.S. and Japan.
(d) The right to prosecute Japanese nationals who violate U.S. laws.

10. Where did Commodore Perry and the Japanese decide that the Americans could land?
(a) Harboro.
(b) Nagasaki.
(c) Fukuri.
(d) Kanagawa.

11. What did the people of Shimoda do for the American sailors?
(a) Open their geisha houses.
(b) Let them eat in some private homes.
(c) Arranged a bazaar so the men could buy souvenirs.
(d) Let them bathe in the public baths.

12. What show did the Americans present?
(a) Punch and Judy puppets.
(b) None.
(c) A minstrel show.
(d) The Wild West show.

13. Who was Sam Patch?
(a) The cook for most of the parties.
(b) A Japanese American.
(c) The bosun mate on Commodore Perry's ship.
(d) Commodore Perry's steward.

14. Why did Commodore Perry bring many gifts on his ships?
(a) He planned to treat with the Chinese if the treaty did not go well with the Japanese.
(b) To win over the Japanese.
(c) He planned to stop in several other countries to obtain treaties and wanted gifts for all of them.
(d) In case a treaty was signed.

15. What happened on April 10, 1854?
(a) Commodore Perry turned 60.
(b) Commodore Perry turned 40.
(c) Commodore Perry turned 70.
(d) Commodore Perry was presented with a solid gold etching.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Americans do that really impressed the Japanese?

2. Who arrived in Japan 15 days after Commodore Perry left?

3. What did Commodore Perry do for the Japanese on his ship?

4. What did the Japanese first say to Commodore Perry's request for a treaty?

5. When did Commodore Perry arrive at the agreed-upon landing area?

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