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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, 'Night Rovers'.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jiro say to Yoshida?
(a) That Jiro will work very hard.
(b) That Jiro can make puppets.
(c) That Kenshi is a wonderful son.
(d) That Jiro is the new apprentice.

2. Why is Kinshi worried about his part in the next performance?
(a) He has been assigned as foot operator for a difficult part.
(b) He is not worried.
(c) He cannot seem to remember his lines.
(d) He has broken his toe.

3. What does Jiro decide to do on the New Year instead of celebrating with the others?
(a) Work overtime for some food for his mother.
(b) Go to talk to his brother.
(c) Go see his mother.
(d) Sleep.

4. Who does the character Joman resemble?
(a) Saburo.
(b) Okada.
(c) Yoshida.
(d) The Shogun.

5. Why does Fusamu go into fits of shrieking?
(a) A bandit accidentally kills her cat.
(b) Her brother is killed by one of the bandits.
(c) To pretend her mother has died.
(d) Her dog is killed by one of the soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Saburo's gang rob the merchant's house?

2. Who is Kinshi?

3. What has Jiro learned about his mother?

4. What does Kinshi say he did the last time there was a new play?

5. Why is the merchant supposedly arrested?

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