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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. Before the storm, who comes on deck to see Blackthorne piloting the ship while Rodrigues sleeps?
(a) Toranaga and Yabu.
(b) Hiro-matsu and Yabu.
(c) a priest and Yabu.
(d) Hiro-matsu and Father Sebastio.

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

3. How do Blackthorne and his men determine which of them will be executed?
(a) selecting the youngest.
(b) arm wrestling.
(c) drawing straws.
(d) selecting the oldest.

4. How does the galley get safely into the harbor?
(a) a freak wind saves it.
(b) the storm ceases.
(c) Blackthorne pilots it.
(d) another galley comes to haul it.

5. What history does Domingo tell Blackthorne about?
(a) the rise and fall of the shōguns.
(b) the migration of the Japanese from mainland Asia.
(c) traders who came to Japan over a century ago.
(d) the religion of the Japanese.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the book Blackthorne looks for happen to be on the Erasmus?

2. Although he treats Blackthorne well, what does Mura believe?

3. How long has Hiro-matsu been serving Toranaga?

4. Why is Blackthorne suddenly being treated well?

5. What does Domingo teach Blackthorne?

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