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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, 'The Fourth Fearful Thing'.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Jiro sleep?
(a) In the barn.
(b) He goes home every day to sleep.
(c) In the dressing room.
(d) In with Okada.

2. Who is Mochida?
(a) Yoshida's tailor.
(b) The head of the blacksmith's guild.
(c) The head of the puppet's guild.
(d) A kind man who oversees the apprentices.

3. Why does Jiro worry about his decision?
(a) He is of making his parents angry.
(b) He is afraid of failure.
(c) He worries that his mother will miss him.
(d) He is afraid he will miss his brothers.

4. What does Jiro do that is rude?
(a) Refuses to shake Yoshida's hand.
(b) Interrupts his father.
(c) Does not remove his sandals in Yoshida's house.
(d) Does not allow his mother to speak.

5. What happens to the snipe?
(a) It gets caught in the clam.
(b) It falls off stage.
(c) Its mechanism squeals.
(d) It breaks.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Minoru described?

2. What does the person who calls him selfish say will be the result of Jiro joining the theater?

3. With whom does Yoshida find fault when he watches the boys' practice?

4. How does Jiro's family make money?

5. How many ryo are placed as a reward on Saburo's head?

(see the answer key)

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