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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who does Blackthorne meet in prison?
(a) a Friar named Domingo.
(b) some of his old crewmen.
(c) the grandson of Hiro-matsu.
(d) Father Sebastio.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Domingo say about the prisoners in the place where he and Blackthorne are?

3. Why is Blackthorne suddenly being treated well?

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

5. What does Blackthorne admit to Toranaga about the war between Spain and Holland?

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