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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what is a person rewarded 200 hundred pieces of silver?

2. Who tells the priests what happened in the village?

3. What do the tossama do?

4. What is the name of the priests' Portuguese missionary?

5. In what kind of hut do the peasants hide the priests?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rodrigues do during his stay in Odomari?

2. How does Kichijiro agree to help the two priests?

3. In what way is Rodrigues' faith wavering in Chapter 3?

4. What information does Valignano have about Ferreira?

5. Describe the priests' journey to India.

6. Describe the storm at the beginning of Chapter 2.

7. Why do the three priests want to enter Japan?

8. What does the reader learn in the prologue?

9. What indicators are there that Kichijiro could be trouble?

10. How does the rain affect the priest's mindset?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Use the following statement to write a 500-word essay: While Endo looks at the persecution of Japanese Christians, the book fails to address why the Japanese government was against Christianity.

Essay Topic 2

Why did Ferreira give up on his missionary work? How different is Ferriera's life now that he is working for the Japanese? What is Ferreira's goal now that he is captured? How is it possible for him to achieve this goal?

Essay Topic 3

Endo was a Catholic. Using two examples from the novel, discuss the ways the story reflects Endo's beliefs and the problems he may have faced as a part of a minority group.

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