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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the puppet say about curiosity?
(a) That it can be very dangerous.
(b) That it is healthy up to a point.
(c) That it can lead to knowing things one does not wish to know
(d) That it is dishonorable to give in to one's curiosity.

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

3. How does Saburo's gang rob the merchant's house?
(a) They do not rob the merchant after he gives them some money that is on his person.
(b) They only rob the livestock.
(c) They do so after putting the merchant in jail.
(d) By forcing the occupants to vacate the buildings with a search warrant.

4. What is happening in the city when Jiro goes there after the performance?
(a) Rioting.
(b) Absolute silence.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Hundreds of people are standing silently outside the Shogun's residence.

5. What does Jiro agree to do after the last performance of the day?
(a) Retrieve the sword.
(b) Go and tell his mother to stay home that night.
(c) Ask Kenshi to see Okada.
(d) Go and warn the night rovers.

6. Why is the merchant supposedly arrested?
(a) For bad scales.
(b) For cheating on his taxes.
(c) For ties to Saburo.
(d) For accepting bribes.

7. How is the play doing as Spring rolls around?
(a) It is still successful.
(b) It is poorly attended.
(c) It has been banned by the Shogun.
(d) It is about to be retired.

8. What does Jiro reply to Okada's question?
(a) That Jiro believes in what Saburo is doing.
(b) That is not up to Jiro to judge.
(c) That Jiro could never hurt Kenshi.
(d) That Jiro trust Kenshi completely.

9. What is Jiro shocked when the play opens that night?
(a) His mother is there with his father.
(b) There are few people in attendance.
(c) His brother is there.
(d) His father is there.

10. 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.

11. What do the other boys do for Kinshi?
(a) Cover for him.
(b) There's nothing they can do for him.
(c) Find him a better-fitting harness.
(d) Keep him awake.

12. What does Kinshi say he has to do?
(a) Protect his family.
(b) Help the night rovers.
(c) Find out who Saburo is.
(d) Figure out where his father gets so much food.

13. Why dos Jiro run past Okada?
(a) He is needed in the theater.
(b) He hears his father yelling.
(c) He hears Kenshi screaming.
(d) He is afraid of what the man will do.

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

15. What is going to be the entrance fee for a special showing of "The Thief of the Tokaido"?
(a) Same as always.
(b) Half price.
(c) Free.
(d) Two for one.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the bird on the crest of the Samurai who visits Yoshida?

2. What does the girl who is being courted by a high-born suitor do?

3. Why is Jiro irritable as Kinshi practices?

4. What does Jiro ask Kinshi after the performance?

5. To whom does Jiro think it would be best to talk?

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