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

2. Who is Okada?
(a) The stable hand.
(b) The master painter.
(c) The cook.
(d) The master chanter.

3. Why does Jiro not want to go to Yoshida?
(a) Yoshida may fire Jiro.
(b) Yoshida will be too angry to listen.
(c) Yoshida may punish Kenshi terribly.
(d) Jiro does not think Yoshida will care.

4. Why does Fusamu go into fits of shrieking?
(a) A bandit accidentally kills her cat.
(b) Her dog is killed by one of the soldiers.
(c) To pretend her mother has died.
(d) Her brother is killed by one of the bandits.

5. What is Jiro shocked when the play opens that night?
(a) There are few people in attendance.
(b) His mother is there with his father.
(c) His father is there.
(d) His brother is there.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kinshi steal to celebrate?

2. What does Jiro say to Yoshida?

3. What is pinned to the door?

4. Where does Jiro visit Okada?

5. What does Jiro find when he is stealing the text of the next play?

(see the answer key)

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