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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 offers the reward for Saburo's capture?
(a) The authorities and the merchants' guild.
(b) The Emperor.
(c) The Samurai noble in the town.
(d) No one.

2. What does Jiro worry about concerning his mother?
(a) Her safety alone in the house.
(b) How to help her once she gives birth to her baby.
(c) How to find her a new husband.
(d) How to help her.

3. What does Jiro say when he asks to speak to Okada?
(a) Jiro does not elaborate.
(b) It must happen that day.
(c) He will have to leave the theater if he cannot speak with Okada.
(d) It is a matter of life and death.

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

5. With whom does Yoshida find fault when he watches the boys' practice?
(a) Kinshi.
(b) Minoru.
(c) Jiro.
(d) Wada.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Yoshida?

2. What is Kwada's job in the theater?

3. What list does Yoshida post?

4. Why is the merchant supposedly arrested?

5. About whom do Jiro and Hanji talk with another man?

(see the answer key)

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