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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, 'Yoshida Kinshi'.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jiro's family make money?
(a) Selling puppets.
(b) Spinning wool.
(c) Selling eggs.
(d) Making calligraphy invitations.

2. Who is Hanji?
(a) Jiro's grandmother.
(b) Jiro's brother.
(c) Jiro's sister.
(d) Jiro's father.

3. What do Saburo and his band rob one evening?
(a) A rice brokerage.
(b) A samurai's home.
(c) A pig farm.
(d) A bank.

4. What does Jiro decide to do?
(a) Work a small plot of land near the forest.
(b) Apprentice himself to the blacksmith.
(c) Go offer himself as an apprentice to Yoshidaq.
(d) Go to the big city to find work.

5. What is one reason Jiro has decided to do what he does?
(a) He can learn blacksmithing and then set up a shop.
(b) His father is very ill.
(c) His mother has been hounding him too much.
(d) There will be one less mouth to feed at home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jiro worry about his decision?

2. Who is Okada?

3. What will Jiro be able to do someday if he is employed properly?

4. In what country does Jiro live?

5. Who is Saburo?

(see the answer key)

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