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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one reason Jiro has decided to do what he does?
(a) He can learn blacksmithing and then set up a shop.
(b) There will be one less mouth to feed at home.
(c) His father is very ill.
(d) His mother has been hounding him too much.

2. In what disguise do Saburo and his crew pull off the robbery?
(a) As Komuso monks.
(b) As sailors.
(c) As peasant farmers.
(d) As soldiers.

3. How does Jiro feel about himself in regards to his family?
(a) That he is just a nuisance.
(b) That he should help his family more.
(c) That they believe in him.
(d) That they resent him being alive.

4. Who does Joman disguise himself as?
(a) The Shogun for whom he works.
(b) Fusamu's old mother.
(c) Joman's grandfather.
(d) Saburo.

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

6. Who tells Jiro he is selfish?
(a) His sister.
(b) Hanji.
(c) His grandmother.
(d) His mother.

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

8. Who is Yoshida?
(a) Jiro's uncle.
(b) A master potter.
(c) The master puppeteer.
(d) Jiro's brother.

9. What list does Yoshida post?
(a) The boys' roles in the new play.
(b) The rotation of cleaning and scrubbing duties.
(c) A list of new words in the play.
(d) The names of the expected attendees of the opening night of the new play.

10. Who is jealous of Jiro?
(a) Minoru.
(b) No one.
(c) Kinshi.
(d) Wada.

11. What does Yoshida do after discovering the celebration?
(a) Whips Kenshi.
(b) Fires Jiro.
(c) Whips Jiro.
(d) Joins in the celebration.

12. What happens to the snipe?
(a) It breaks.
(b) It falls off stage.
(c) It gets caught in the clam.
(d) Its mechanism squeals.

13. About what has Yoshida just sent word?
(a) He needs a special Empress puppet.
(b) He does not need the new puppet Hanji is making.
(c) He needs several new puppets.
(d) He needs a whole set of children puppets.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Minoru described?

2. What does Kinshi steal to celebrate?

3. Who is Hanji?

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

5. Who offers the reward for Saburo's capture?

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