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

2. During the trip on the galley, how does the weather change?
(a) a storm comes up.
(b) the sea becomes calm.
(c) it begins to snow.
(d) the clouds hide the stars.

3. Why is it dangerous for Toranaga, disguised as Kiri, to reach for the scroll Ishido brings?
(a) his voice will give him away.
(b) the palanquin might tip over.
(c) his hand will give him away.
(d) women must not take anything from a man.

4. What sentence is pronounced on Blackthorne's men?
(a) they will be deported.
(b) they must become slaves.
(c) one of them must die.
(d) one of them must kill the others.

5. How does Blackthorne realize he is not going to be executed?
(a) they give him a bath and new clothes.
(b) they give him a musket.
(c) they take him out of the prison courtyard.
(d) they tell him in Portuguese.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Blackthorne looking for when he manages to return to his ship?

2. What does Blackthorne want to do?

3. What order does Toda Hiro-matsu issue?

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

5. Who knows there have been secret deals between Ishido and two of the others who rule for Yaemon?

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