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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. What question comes to mind when Blackthorne almost falls off the galley while Rodrigues is piloting?
(a) if the galley will make it to Osaka.
(b) if Blackthrone could survive overboard.
(c) if a sudden lurch was planned to get rid of Blackthorne.
(d) if Rodriguez really knows what he is doing.

2. Who comes to take Blackthorne from the pit?
(a) a courtesan.
(b) a young boy.
(c) Yabu himself.
(d) a priest.

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

4. What does Domingo teach Blackthorne?
(a) how to plan an escape.
(b) some Biblical history.
(c) how to keep warm in the cell.
(d) some words and phrases in Japanese.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Yabu decided to do against direct orders.

2. What are the men given to eat?

3. How is Rodrigues when the galley arrives safely in Osaka?

4. Who does Yokodo tell Toranaga he should marry?

5. What causes Toranaga to have trouble sleeping?

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