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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Thirty through Thirty-Nine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the men given to eat?
(a) putrid fish.
(b) wilted cabbage.
(c) uncooked rice.
(d) sushi

2. Although he treats Blackthorne well, what does Mura believe?
(a) that he will become a slave of the shōgun.
(b) that the daimyo will order Blackthorne's execution.
(c) that the samurai will chop off his head.
(d) that he will be forced to fight a samurai.

3. What natural disaster helps Blackthorne understand the Japanese culture better?
(a) an earthquake.
(b) a tsunami.
(c) a cyclone.
(d) a volcano eruption.

4. Who does Yokodo tell Toranaga he should marry?
(a) Mariko.
(b) Yaemon's mother, Ochiba.
(c) his chief consort.
(d) the young widow of Hiro-matsu's grandson.

5. How does the galley get safely into the harbor?
(a) a freak wind saves it.
(b) another galley comes to haul it.
(c) the storm ceases.
(d) Blackthorne pilots it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What order does Toda Hiro-matsu issue?

2. What does Domingo teach Blackthorne?

3. What does Yabu find on the Erasmus?

4. What perks does Blackthorne now enjoy?

5. Why does Blackthorne threaten to commit suicide?

(see the answer key)

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