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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, 'A Matter of Life and Death'.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Kinshi?
(a) The boy Jiro saw being disciplined.
(b) The blacksmith's son.
(c) The son of Saburo.
(d) A beggar boy Jiro meets at the blacksmith's stable.

2. How does Jiro do in his part of the play?
(a) He trips and falls off the stage.
(b) He got all tangled up in the ropes.
(c) He only misses his footing twice.
(d) He does very well.

3. What does Yoshida tell the boys to get?
(a) Some newly-made fish balls.
(b) Mallets.
(c) Some rice.
(d) Some sleep.

4. About what has Yoshida just sent word?
(a) He does not need the new puppet Hanji is making.
(b) He needs a whole set of children puppets.
(c) He needs several new puppets.
(d) He needs a special Empress puppet.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joman's wife do after he goes to prison?

2. What is the bird on the crest of the Samurai who visits Yoshida?

3. How does Yoshida react when he hears about what is pinned to the door?

4. Why does Jiro worry about Hanji?

5. Who is Yoshida?

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