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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. How do the boys feel about Kinshi?
(a) They all love him.
(b) They are all jealous of him.
(c) They all hate him.
(d) They all think he is a show off.

2. What does Jiro keep doing?
(a) Coughing.
(b) Making mistakes.
(c) Making up songs in his mind.
(d) Swatting at a bee.

3. Who is Fusamu?
(a) A courtesan.
(b) Okada's wife.
(c) Kinshi's aunt.
(d) A Shogun's wife character in the play.

4. For what are the boys preparing?
(a) Yoshida's birthday.
(b) The Emperor's birthday.
(c) Okada's birthday.
(d) The New Year.

5. Where is the crest Jiro sees?
(a) Stamped on the barrel of rice.
(b) On the cape.
(c) On a dagger that is on the river bank.
(d) On a sword.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the play, "The Thief of the Tokaido"?

2. What does Jiro say to Mochida's question?

3. Where does Kinshi say it is forbidden to go?

4. How does Jiro feel about himself in regards to his family?

5. Who comes to take Jiro to Okada?

(see the answer key)

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