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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did the book Blackthorne looks for happen to be on the Erasmus?
(a) it was bought from the French.
(b) it was stolen from the Portuguese.
(c) it was made by Blackthorne.
(d) it belonged to the first mate.

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

4. What country does Blackthorne say he is not an enemy of?
(a) Holland.
(b) the Friar's home country, Spain
(c) China.
(d) Japan.

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

6. What is the position of Toda Hiro-matsu?
(a) he is the shōgun's general.
(b) he is Toranga's rival.
(c) he is the provencial governor.
(d) he is Toranga's adviser.

7. How does Blackthorne justify deceiving the friar?
(a) because he cannot explain in Spanish.
(b) by simply not telling everything.
(c) because the friar may be a spy.
(d) by recognizing the lies the friar tells.

8. How does Blackthorne realize he is not going to be executed?
(a) they give him a musket.
(b) they tell him in Portuguese.
(c) they take him out of the prison courtyard.
(d) they give him a bath and new clothes.

9. While Yabu is telling Omi that the next battle will be fought at sea, what does he see entering the bay?
(a) a pod of whales.
(b) the HMS Pinafore.
(c) a fleet of English warships.
(d) a ship flying the flag of Toranaga.

10. Who knows the true story of the death of Obata Hiro and Toranaga's grandfather?
(a) a Portugese.
(b) a blind masseur.
(c) an old priest.
(d) Yabu's consort.

11. What has Toranaga learned about his situation?
(a) he has solid support of the other four regents.
(b) he has developed a terminal illness.
(c) he is alone against the other four regents.
(d) he is scheduled to be executed.

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

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

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

15. Who does Blackthorne meet in prison?
(a) Father Sebastio.
(b) a Friar named Domingo.
(c) the grandson of Hiro-matsu.
(d) some of his old crewmen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What prevents Rodrigues from breaking the seal on the thing he is delivering to Toranaga?

2. On the way to Osaka, what does Blackthorne do while Rodrigues naps?

3. What does Blackthorne suspect about Father Sabastio?

4. Who knows there have been secret deals between Ishido and two of the others who rule for Yaemon?

5. How does Blackthorne manage to get the galley safely out of the way of the flaming arrows?

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