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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the role of the next samurai who visits Rodrigues?
(a) A priest
(b) An interpreter
(c) A warrior
(d) A magistrate

2. Who does Rodrigues think he can hear snoring?
(a) Ferreirer
(b) A fellow prisoner
(c) His jailer
(d) His own father

3. How does Rodrigues travel to the town?
(a) By ship
(b) By train
(c) By horse
(d) By walking

4. What happens to Garrpe?
(a) He is killed with a sword.
(b) He is picked up by a boat.
(c) He drowns.
(d) He swims to India.

5. To whose situation does Rodrigues compare his own?
(a) Jesus
(b) Abraham
(c) John the Baptist
(d) Moses

Short Answer Questions

1. On whose image was Rodrigues forced to step?

2. What does Rodrigues have to try and identify the objects as?

3. Who has ordered the peasants' torture?

4. Where are the peasants forced to work?

5. What did Yokoso-no-Ura used to be?

Short Essay Questions

1. What routine does Rodrigues settle into in Chapter 6?

2. What does Rodrigues realize in Chapter 7?

3. How does Rodrigues react to the sound of his jailer snoring?

4. What ultimatum does the samurai give Rodrigues in Chapter 5?

5. Why can Rodrigues and Ferreira no longer get along?

6. What will happen to the villagers in Chapter 7 if Rodrigues does not apostatize?

7. How is Rodrigues humiliated at the beginning of Chapter 8?

8. Describe Rodrigues' meeting with the five samurai.

9. How does Rodrigues find comfort even in his dire situation?

10. What does Rodrigues think when Kichijiro brings him rice?

(see the answer keys)

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