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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Ten through Nineteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Blackthorne realize he is not going to be executed?
(a) they give him a bath and new clothes.
(b) they take him out of the prison courtyard.
(c) they tell him in Portuguese.
(d) they give him a musket.

2. Who does Suwa know plans to kill Yabu one day?
(a) Toranaga.
(b) Father Sabastio.
(c) Yuriko.
(d) Su, the uncle of Yabu's enemy, Ikawa Jikkyu.

3. On the way to Osaka, what does Blackthorne do while Rodrigues naps?
(a) talks to the priest.
(b) pilots the galley.
(c) watches Yabu.
(d) tries to escape.

4. What does Rodrigues believe is in the delivery to Toranaga?
(a) Blackthorne's rutters.
(b) a catechism written in Japanese.
(c) maps from the Erasmus.
(d) orders to kill Blackthorne.

5. What causes Yabu to defy orders?
(a) the potential for riches aboard Blackthorne's ship.
(b) the onslaught of winter.
(c) his plan to become the shōgun.
(d) his devotion to his wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Blackthorne show his contempt for Father Sabastio?

2. How is the Englishman killed?

3. Who sees Blackthorne as dangerous because of his information?

4. How does Yabu cover his attempt to get the ship's treasure and weaponry for himself?

5. Who knows the true story of the death of Obata Hiro and Toranaga's grandfather?

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