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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Kinshi worried about his part in the next performance?
(a) He is not worried.
(b) He cannot seem to remember his lines.
(c) He has broken his toe.
(d) He has been assigned as foot operator for a difficult part.

2. What are the wealthy in the town saying?
(a) They will not trust the police again.
(b) The police are incompetent.
(c) The poor need to work harder.
(d) The poor do not deserve to eat.

3. What does Mochida say when he grabs Jiro?
(a) His father is outside in the courtyard.
(b) He is needed to play Kenshi's role.
(c) Kenshi needs him at the river.
(d) Yoshida wants to speak to him.

4. How does Yoshida praise the assistant magistrate?
(a) Saying assistant magistrate is very noble.
(b) Saying assistant magistrate is very wise.
(c) Saying assistant magistrate is very wily.
(d) Yoshida does not respond at all to the assistant magistrate.

5. What does Yashida order Jiro to do?
(a) Go find Kanshi.
(b) Practice to be the foot operator for Akoya's part.
(c) Go home and check on his mother.
(d) Leave and not come back.

6. Who is the person coming up the storeroom stairs?
(a) Hanji.
(b) Yoshida.
(c) Kenshi.
(d) Jiro does not know.

7. What is the bird on the crest of the Samurai who visits Yoshida?
(a) An eagle.
(b) A hawk.
(c) A vulture.
(d) A heron.

8. What does Jiro want his mother to do when he sees her in the audience?
(a) Leave.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Come backstage after the performance.
(d) See his part in the play.

9. What does Yoshida tell the boys to get?
(a) Some sleep.
(b) Some newly-made fish balls.
(c) Some rice.
(d) Mallets.

10. How does Jiro respond to Yashida's questioning?
(a) Jiro feigns ignorance.
(b) Jiro says Kanshi is taking medicine to Jiro's mother.
(c) Jiro starts crying.
(d) Jiro tells the truth.

11. What does Jiro say when he asks to speak to Okada?
(a) Jiro does not elaborate.
(b) He will have to leave the theater if he cannot speak with Okada.
(c) It must happen that day.
(d) It is a matter of life and death.

12. How does Kinshi get out of his chores?
(a) He says he needs to practice.
(b) He volunteers to deliver an invitation from Yoshida.
(c) He volunteers to go to market.
(d) He says he is sick.

13. What does Yoshida eventually decide to do?
(a) Defy the authorities.
(b) Appeal to the Shogun.
(c) Put on a play called The Battle of Dannoura.
(d) Appeal to the Emperor.

14. What awakens Jiro in the middle of the night?
(a) Someone sobbing.
(b) A dark barking.
(c) The sounds of a angry mob.
(d) Kinshi moving about.

15. How do the boys treat Jiro?
(a) The same as always.
(b) Like an outsider.
(c) Like a lucky charm.
(d) Like a traitor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jiro try to figure out?

2. Who comes to take Jiro to Okada?

3. What is happening in the city when Jiro goes there after the performance?

4. How is Yoshida after his play is shut down?

5. What does the Samurai tell Yoshida?

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