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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jiro hope about his father?
(a) He will let Jiro come back home.
(b) He will get a job with Yoshida also.
(c) He will come to the performance.
(d) He will recover from his bad fall.

2. How is Minoru described?
(a) Handsome and has a beautiful voice.
(b) There is no mention of a Minoru.
(c) Ugly and thin.
(d) Handsome.

3. Where are Hanji and Isako?
(a) Jiro's cousin's farm.
(b) The big city.
(c) Jiro's grandfather's place in the capitol.
(d) Jiro does not find out.

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

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

6. What has Jiro learned about his mother?
(a) She wants to see Jiro.
(b) She is dying.
(c) She has returned home without Hanji.
(d) She has had another child.

7. What does Okada tell Jiro to claim?
(a) That Jiro stole a copy of the play.
(b) That Jiro has memorized the play just by listening to it.
(c) That Okada is going to put Jiro in charge of the other boys.
(d) That Jiro is going to be allowed to control a puppet.

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

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

10. What does Jiro admire about the boy who is disciplined?
(a) He intimitdated another boy.
(b) He knew what to do for the master.
(c) He does not cry out.
(d) He found another way to move.

11. What does Jiro find when he is stealing the text of the next play?
(a) Nothing out of the ordinary.
(b) A letter from Yoshida to Saburo.
(c) A basket hat.
(d) A letter from Hanji to Yoshida.

12. 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 hate him.
(d) They all love him.

13. Who wrote the play, "The Thief of the Tokaido"?
(a) Okada.
(b) Kinshi.
(c) Yoshida.
(d) Saburo.

14. What tells Yoshida tell Jiro to do?
(a) To sit in the corner quietly until after the performance.
(b) To go home.
(c) To watch the play once to understand the plot.
(d) Get ready for the performance.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. About what has Yoshida just sent word?

2. What does Kinshi steal to celebrate?

3. What do Saburo and his band rob one evening?

4. What does Jiro say to Yoshida?

5. Who is Taro?

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