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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. Where do Jiro and Hanji go?
(a) Nowhere.
(b) The wool house.
(c) The butcher.
(d) The bathhouse.

2. What is Taro doing when Jiro talks with him?
(a) Looking after his parents' house.
(b) Planting corn.
(c) Stealing some grapes.
(d) Writing out a bill of sale.

3. What is Jiro shocked when the play opens that night?
(a) His mother is there with his father.
(b) His father is there.
(c) There are few people in attendance.
(d) His brother is there.

4. How do the boys treat Jiro?
(a) Like a lucky charm.
(b) Like a traitor.
(c) The same as always.
(d) Like an outsider.

5. What is the bird on the crest of the Samurai who visits Yoshida?
(a) A heron.
(b) A hawk.
(c) A vulture.
(d) An eagle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jiro visit Okada?

2. What does Jiro want his mother to do when he sees her in the audience?

3. How does Okada react to Jiro's request?

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

5. Why is the merchant supposedly arrested?

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