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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 is the position of Toda Hiro-matsu?
(a) he is the shōgun's general.
(b) he is the provencial governor.
(c) he is Toranga's adviser.
(d) he is Toranga's rival.

2. Why does Hiro-matsu request permission to commit seppuku?
(a) because he is tired of living.
(b) because of the shame of his grandson's action.
(c) because he lost his property.
(d) because his wife shamed him in public.

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

4. How is the Englishman killed?
(a) in boiling oil.
(b) in boiling butter.
(c) in the boiling sun.
(d) in boiling water.

5. How does Rodrigues begin to feel about Blackthorne?
(a) he likes him and plans to help him.
(b) he suspects he is a spy for Toranga.
(c) he begins to suspect he is not a pilot.
(d) he likes him but suspects he is a danger to him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Kiri divert attention from Toranaga as they make their escape?

3. What prevents Rodrigues from breaking the seal on the thing he is delivering to Toranaga?

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

5. Before the storm, who comes on deck to see Blackthorne piloting the ship while Rodrigues sleeps?

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