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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, 'Bad Omens for the New Year'.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Okada tell Jiro to claim?
(a) That Jiro has memorized the play just by listening to it.
(b) That Jiro is going to be allowed to control a puppet.
(c) That Okada is going to put Jiro in charge of the other boys.
(d) That Jiro stole a copy of the play.

2. What will Jiro be able to do someday if he is employed properly?
(a) Marry.
(b) Help his siblings.
(c) Give his family money.
(d) Set up his own vegetable farm.

3. Who is Taro?
(a) The mean grain merchant.
(b) Jiro's neighbor.
(c) Jiro's cousin.
(d) Another puppet apprentice.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one reason Jiro has decided to do what he does?

2. Where do Jiro and Hanji go?

3. What does Yoshido say about Jiro?

4. What does Kinshi say the left-hand operators will do?

5. What do Saburo and his band rob one evening?

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