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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. Who is the pilot of the galley that will take Blackthorne to Osaka?
(a) an Englishman named Hyde-White.
(b) a Chinese named Li Wang.
(c) a Frenchman named LaSalle.
(d) a Portuguese named Vasco Rodrigues.

2. What question comes to mind when Blackthorne almost falls off the galley while Rodrigues is piloting?
(a) if a sudden lurch was planned to get rid of Blackthorne.
(b) if Rodriguez really knows what he is doing.
(c) if Blackthrone could survive overboard.
(d) if the galley will make it to Osaka.

3. How does Buntaro escape death?
(a) Toranaga sends him a horse and orders him to safety.
(b) the soldiers begin to slip and fall off the jetty.
(c) Toranaga's men ambush the soldiers.
(d) Rodrigues's galley comes close enough for him to swim.

4. How does Blackthorne divert attention from Toranaga in the palanquin?
(a) by doing a hornpipe dance.
(b) by bowing low to Ishido.
(c) by feigning a fit.
(d) by pointing to the sky.

5. After a few skirmishes, where does Blackthorne end up?
(a) on board the Erasmus.
(b) facing the emperor.
(c) with Yabu.
(d) with the shōgun.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Yabu decides not to kill the crew, where are they held?

2. When Toda Hiro-matsu arrives, what is Yabu doing?

3. Why is it dangerous for Toranaga, disguised as Kiri, to reach for the scroll Ishido brings?

4. How is the Englishman killed?

5. Who comes to take Blackthorne from the pit?

(see the answer key)

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