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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. Why does Rodrigues go aboard the Erasmus?
(a) guiding the Japanese.
(b) removing the canon.
(c) looking for Blackthorne.
(d) looking for the rutters.

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

3. How does Blackthorne justify deceiving the friar?
(a) by simply not telling everything.
(b) because the friar may be a spy.
(c) by recognizing the lies the friar tells.
(d) because he cannot explain in Spanish.

4. Why does Omi, nephew of Yabu, advise that the men from the shipwreck not be killed?
(a) because it is not an auspicious day.
(b) because they might know something important.
(c) because of their apparent dislike of the priest.
(d) because they would amuse the shōgun.

5. What history does Domingo tell Blackthorne about?
(a) the rise and fall of the shōguns.
(b) the migration of the Japanese from mainland Asia.
(c) traders who came to Japan over a century ago.
(d) the religion of the Japanese.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the difference between the Erasmus and the galley headed to Osaka?

2. Although he treats Blackthorne well, what does Mura believe?

3. During the trip on the galley, how does the weather change?

4. On the way to Osaka, what does Blackthorne do while Rodrigues naps?

5. What does the samurai Omi do when one man fails to bow upon his arrival?

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