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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When Blackthorne wakes up and finds everyone swimming, what is Toranaga wanting to do?
(a) catch some fish.
(b) learn how to dive.
(c) learn English.
(d) hurry on to land.

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

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

6. Why does Toranaga not take the galley for his escape?
(a) it is in dry dock.
(b) it is filled with Gray samurai.
(c) it is being repaired.
(d) it cannot out maneuver the ship.

7. What is the difference between the Erasmus and the galley headed to Osaka?
(a) the Erasmus has oars but the galley does not.
(b) the Erasmus is built for the rough weather.
(c) the galley is more rugged than the Erasmus.
(d) the Erasmus is much larger than the galley.

8. After Yabu decides not to kill the crew, where are they held?
(a) in a palace.
(b) on the ship.
(c) in a small cubicle.
(d) in a pit.

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

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

11. What sentence is pronounced on Blackthorne's men?
(a) one of them must die.
(b) they must become slaves.
(c) they will be deported.
(d) one of them must kill the others.

12. How long has Hiro-matsu been serving Toranaga?
(a) for twenty years.
(b) for ten years.
(c) since the revolution.
(d) since he was fifteen.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Domingo say about the prisoners in the place where he and Blackthorne are?

2. Satisfied Blackthorne is not an enemy, what does Friar Dominga tell Blackthorne?

3. What offer does Rodrigues make to Blackthorne?

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

5. What does Blackthorne admit to Toranaga about the war between Spain and Holland?

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