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

3. What does Rodrigues believe is in the delivery to Toranaga?
(a) Blackthorne's rutters.
(b) maps from the Erasmus.
(c) orders to kill Blackthorne.
(d) a catechism written in Japanese.

4. How does Rodrigues begin to feel about Blackthorne?
(a) he likes him and plans to help him.
(b) he suspects he is a spy for Toranga.
(c) he begins to suspect he is not a pilot.
(d) he likes him but suspects he is a danger to him.

5. Where is Blackthorne taken out of respect for his position?
(a) the general prison.
(b) the office of Father Sabastio.
(c) the palace of the shōgun.
(d) the home of Mura, the headman of the village, Anjiro.

6. Why does Toranaga worry about Blackthorne?
(a) he thinks Blackthorne is a god.
(b) he fears that many people will try to kill him.
(c) he thinks Blackthorne is an assassin.
(d) he is not sure he told the truth.

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

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

9. How does Kiri divert attention from Toranaga as they make their escape?
(a) she shouts for care to be taken of Sazuko who has fallen.
(b) she sets fire to her kimono.
(c) she screams that she is going into labor.
(d) she does a dance for the soldiers to see.

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

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

12. Why is Blackthorne suddenly being treated well?
(a) because he has the map.
(b) on orders from Toranaga.
(c) because he tells the truth.
(d) on orders from Ishido.

13. What question comes to mind when Blackthorne almost falls off the galley while Rodrigues is piloting?
(a) if Rodriguez really knows what he is doing.
(b) if a sudden lurch was planned to get rid of Blackthorne.
(c) if the galley will make it to Osaka.
(d) if Blackthrone could survive overboard.

14. Where does Blackthorne find himself once again?
(a) in front of Toranaga.
(b) on the Erasmus.
(c) on Rodrigues's galley.
(d) in a cramped prison cell

15. Who knows there have been secret deals between Ishido and two of the others who rule for Yaemon?
(a) Rodrigues
(b) Martin Alvito
(c) Mariko
(d) Blackthorne