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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. How is Rodrigues found the morning after the storm?
(a) floating face down in the surf at the bottom of a cliff.
(b) dead and mangled at the bottom of a cliff.
(c) barely alive at the bottom of a cliff.
(d) alive and well at the bottom of a cliff.

2. What is Blackthorne looking for when he manages to return to his ship?
(a) the rubber.
(b) the rutter.
(c) the rudder.
(d) the ribber.

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

4. What offer does Rodrigues make to Blackthorne?
(a) to make him his first mate.
(b) to copy his rutters.
(c) to help him escape.
(d) to put in a good word for him.

5. How long has Hiro-matsu been serving Toranaga?
(a) since he was fifteen.
(b) since the revolution.
(c) for ten years.
(d) for twenty years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has instructions to answer every question except those related to politics?

2. Why is Blackthorne suddenly being treated well?

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

4. Who arrives and almost puts an end to the ruse Toranaga uses for his getaway?

5. What does Rodrigues consider doing with Blackthorne?

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