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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Hanaza?
(a) The outdoor meeting place.
(b) The community dining hall.
(c) The puppet theater.
(d) The outdoor craft fair.

2. What is Jiro chosen to hold on stage one day?
(a) A rocket.
(b) A clam.
(c) A basket.
(d) A boat.

3. What is Taro doing when Jiro talks with him?
(a) Planting corn.
(b) Writing out a bill of sale.
(c) Stealing some grapes.
(d) Looking after his parents' house.

4. Who comes to the theater the next morning?
(a) Hanji.
(b) Saburo.
(c) Jiro's youngest brother.
(d) Isako.

5. Where does Jiro sleep?
(a) He goes home every day to sleep.
(b) In the dressing room.
(c) In the barn.
(d) In with Okada.

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

7. Who is Hanji?
(a) Jiro's grandmother.
(b) Jiro's father.
(c) Jiro's sister.
(d) Jiro's brother.

8. What does Kinshi steal to celebrate?
(a) Some fireworks.
(b) Wine.
(c) Cheese.
(d) Nothing.

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

10. What does the person who calls him selfish say will be the result of Jiro joining the theater?
(a) Hanji will kill himself.
(b) Jiro will fail.
(c) Hanji will become ill.
(d) Isako will die of grief.

11. What is Jiro's part in the new play?
(a) Snipe holder.
(b) Foot manipulator for one of the whale puppets.
(c) Curtain raiser.
(d) Foot manipulator for one of the female puppets.

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

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

14. Who saves Jiro from a ronin?
(a) Hanji.
(b) Jiro saves himself.
(c) Kenshi.
(d) Yoshida.

15. Who does the character Joman resemble?
(a) Okada.
(b) Yoshida.
(c) The Shogun.
(d) Saburo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jiro visit Okada?

2. What will Jiro be able to do someday if he is employed properly?

3. What does Jiro offer to do for Kenshi?

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

5. Where are Hanji and Isako?

(see the answer keys)

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