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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Rodrigues during the storm?
(a) his safety line snaps and he is washed overboard.
(b) he has a religious experience.
(c) he misses his chance to kill Blackthorne.
(d) he becomes too ill to pilot the galley.

2. What praise does Rodrigues give the Japanese sailors?
(a) they row far past what a normal man would endure.
(b) they are very polite to the pilot.
(c) they never disobey orders.
(d) they work very cheaply.

3. Why does Hiro-matsu request permission to commit seppuku?
(a) because his wife shamed him in public.
(b) because he is tired of living.
(c) because he lost his property.
(d) because of the shame of his grandson's action.

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

5. How does Yabu cover his attempt to get the ship's treasure and weaponry for himself?
(a) he lies that his men acted on their own.
(b) he lies that he was only inventorying the goods.
(c) he lies that he was doing it to keep them safe.
(d) he lies that he had orders from Toranga.

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

7. Why does Ishido Kazunari insult Toranaga?
(a) to have an excuse for killing him.
(b) to see how he will react.
(c) to challenge his samurai.
(d) to precipitate a change in government.

8. What prevents Rodrigues from breaking the seal on the thing he is delivering to Toranaga?
(a) Blackthorne is watching.
(b) his fear of the priest.
(c) there is no way to reseal it.
(d) his religious ideals.

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

10. What is Blackthorne looking for when he manages to return to his ship?
(a) the rubber.
(b) the ribber.
(c) the rudder.
(d) the rutter.

11. What does Blackthorne suspect about Father Sabastio?
(a) that he fears for his own life by talking to him.
(b) that he is a spy for the Portuguese
(c) that he is not interpreting properly for the Japanese.
(d) that he is using Blackthorne to elevate his own position.

12. Who has instructions to answer every question except those related to politics?
(a) Martin Alvito
(b) Rodrigues
(c) Mariko
(d) Hiro-matsu

13. What does the samurai Omi do when one man fails to bow upon his arrival?
(a) he orders the man put to the lash.
(b) he has the man crucified.
(c) he slices off the man's head.
(d) he throws the man into prison.

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

15. What does Domingo teach Blackthorne?
(a) some words and phrases in Japanese.
(b) some Biblical history.
(c) how to keep warm in the cell.
(d) how to plan an escape.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rodrigues consider doing with Blackthorne?

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

3. What offer does Rodrigues make to Blackthorne?

4. During the trip on the galley, how does the weather change?

5. After a few skirmishes, where does Blackthorne end up?

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