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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 happens when Mariko's husband, Buntaro, is trapped at the end of the jetty?
(a) he jumps into the ocean and swims away.
(b) he prepares to kill himself.
(c) he launches a bomb that blows up the jetty.
(d) Rodrigues shows up to rescue him.

2. Why does Ishido Kazunari insult Toranaga?
(a) to see how he will react.
(b) to precipitate a change in government.
(c) to challenge his samurai.
(d) to have an excuse for killing him.

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. What does Domingo say about the prisoners in the place where he and Blackthorne are?
(a) they will be used as medical experiments.
(b) they are all condemned to die.
(c) they will all be released.
(d) they will soon be forgotten.

5. What is Rodrigues carrying for Father Sebastio?
(a) a letter.
(b) a sealed package.
(c) a donation to Toranga.
(d) a crate of sake.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Buntaro escape death?

2. What does Yabu find on the Erasmus?

3. When Blackthorne wakes up and finds everyone swimming, what is Toranaga wanting to do?

4. What does Rodrigues believe is in the delivery to Toranaga?

5. What are the men given to eat?

(see the answer key)

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