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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 does Suwa know plans to kill Yabu one day?
(a) Father Sabastio.
(b) Toranaga.
(c) Yuriko.
(d) Su, the uncle of Yabu's enemy, Ikawa Jikkyu.

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

3. Why is Toranaga concerned about Martin Alvito?
(a) he thinks a long time before translating.
(b) he is not sure he translates correctly.
(c) he is too close to the Jesuits.
(d) he has shifty eyes.

4. What does Blackthorne do when he realizes he is not going to be executed?
(a) makes an offering to the priest.
(b) goes to his room and yells.
(c) a series of back flips.
(d) a hornpipe dance.

5. Why do many guards die on the way to the ship?
(a) they fall into the water.
(b) they are attacked by tigers.
(c) they are attacked by archers.
(d) they are attacked by peasants.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Toranaga not take the galley for his escape?

2. What is Blackthorne's position before the wreck of the Erasmus?

3. What is the difference between the Erasmus and the galley headed to Osaka?

4. What is the position of Toda Hiro-matsu?

5. What does Blackthorne want to do?

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