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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 does Yabu find on the Erasmus?
(a) stowaways and maps of the Pacific Ocean.
(b) dynamite, fuses, water mines, and wine.
(c) muskets, gold, silver, plate, coins, and fancy clothing.
(d) rum, Chinese silks, coconuts, and bananas.

2. How did the book Blackthorne looks for happen to be on the Erasmus?
(a) it belonged to the first mate.
(b) it was made by Blackthorne.
(c) it was bought from the French.
(d) it was stolen from the Portuguese.

3. How is Rodrigues when the galley arrives safely in Osaka?
(a) he is delirious.
(b) he is dead.
(c) he is still unconscious.
(d) he is conscious.

4. What order does Toda Hiro-matsu issue?
(a) that Yabu return with Blackthorne to Osaka
(b) that Yabu be executed.
(c) that Yabu keeps Blackthorne in his house.
(d) that Blackthorne be sent to Osaka alone.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why do many guards die on the way to the ship?

3. Why does Rodrigues go aboard the Erasmus?

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

5. On the way to Osaka, what does Blackthorne do while Rodrigues naps?

(see the answer key)

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