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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Jiro worried about his new duty?
(a) He is not very tall.
(b) His foot is still hurting from almost being attacked.
(c) It is a big responsibility and he is not sure he is ready.
(d) He trips the last time he had to do this job.

2. What does Jiro do to prepare for his part in the new production?
(a) Runs several miles every day.
(b) Does acrobatic stunts.
(c) Practices constantly.
(d) Wraps his foot tightly to help the pain.

3. Where does Jiro visit Okada?
(a) In the kitchen.
(b) In the stables.
(c) In the bath house.
(d) In his dressing room.

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

5. Why does Jiro worry about his decision?
(a) He is of making his parents angry.
(b) He is afraid of failure.
(c) He is afraid he will miss his brothers.
(d) He worries that his mother will miss him.

6. How do the bandits get the stolen goods away?
(a) Under their robes.
(b) Inside hollowed out books.
(c) In baskets on top of their heads.
(d) Through the garbage bin.

7. What is the state of Jiro's family?
(a) Comfortable.
(b) Hungry.
(c) They have to move.
(d) They have to send in more tax money.

8. What does Kinshi say he did the last time there was a new play?
(a) Memorized all the lines.
(b) Suggested some new puppets for it.
(c) Changed some of the lines.
(d) Stole Yoshida's personal copy.

9. Who is Saburo?
(a) The medicine man of the village.
(b) A blacksmith.
(c) The mayor of the village.
(d) A notorious bandit.

10. Who is constantly frustrated with Jiro?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) His grandfather.
(d) The mayor.

11. Who is Mochida?
(a) A kind man who oversees the apprentices.
(b) The head of the puppet's guild.
(c) Yoshida's tailor.
(d) The head of the blacksmith's guild.

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

13. What does Yoshida tell Kinshi to do?
(a) Apply for a different apprenticeship.
(b) Repair several puppets.
(c) Show Jiro how to run the turn mill.
(d) Operate the feet for the rest of the show.

14. What does Jiro ask Mochida?
(a) For more work.
(b) For permission to check on his father.
(c) For a short letter of introduction.
(d) For help with a puppet Jiro is making.

15. What happens to Jiro's mother when she goes to the shrine to get food?
(a) She is given work in the Shogun's house.
(b) She is attacked on the way home.
(c) She is killed.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what has Yoshida just sent word?

2. How many ryo are placed as a reward on Saburo's head?

3. What does Jiro hope about his father?

4. Who is Fusamu?

5. What is Joman's occupation?

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