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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 color signifies Toranaga's warriors?
(a) green.
(b) gray.
(c) brown.
(d) blue.

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

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

4. Although he treats Blackthorne well, what does Mura believe?
(a) that the daimyo will order Blackthorne's execution.
(b) that he will become a slave of the shōgun.
(c) that the samurai will chop off his head.
(d) that he will be forced to fight a samurai.

5. Where does Blackthorne find himself once again?
(a) in a cramped prison cell
(b) in front of Toranaga.
(c) on Rodrigues's galley.
(d) on the Erasmus.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Buntaro escape death?

2. How is it planned to get Toranaga to his own territory and palace?

3. Why does Hiro-matsu request permission to commit seppuku?

4. What order does Toda Hiro-matsu issue?

5. How does Rodrigues begin to feel about Blackthorne?

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