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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 is Kinshi?
(a) The son of Saburo.
(b) The blacksmith's son.
(c) A beggar boy Jiro meets at the blacksmith's stable.
(d) The boy Jiro saw being disciplined.

2. What does Kinshi admire?
(a) His father's performance.
(b) One young girl in the audience.
(c) Jiro leaving home voluntarily.
(d) Jiro's dexterity.

3. Why is the merchant supposedly arrested?
(a) For bad scales.
(b) For ties to Saburo.
(c) For cheating on his taxes.
(d) For accepting bribes.

4. What does Okada ask Jiro to do?
(a) Go to an address and leave a note.
(b) Continue as if nothing has happened.
(c) Not say anything to Kenshi.
(d) Retrieve the Samurai sword.

5. What does Yoshida tell the boys to get?
(a) Mallets.
(b) Some sleep.
(c) Some rice.
(d) Some newly-made fish balls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jiro think Yoshida does beautifully at the performance?

2. What does Jira say he will try to arrange for Kinshi?

3. What does Okada tell Jiro to claim?

4. What does the person who calls him selfish say will be the result of Jiro joining the theater?

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

(see the answer key)

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