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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Jiro worry about Hanji?
(a) Jiro heard someone say Hanji was dying.
(b) Jiro talks to his younger brother.
(c) Jiro heard someone say Hanji was missing.
(d) Jiro did not come to watch Jiro's performance.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jiro go after talking with Taro?

2. Where does Jiro visit Okada?

3. Who is Kinshi?

4. What does Kinshi say he did the last time there was a new play?

5. What is Joman's occupation?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who posts the roles for the new play and what is Jiro's role?

2. How does Jiro practice puppeteering skills?

3. How does Jiro help his father and how does this help his family?

4. What do Saburo and his gang do one evening?

5. How is Jiro's family getting along?

6. What does Jiro admire about one of Yoshida's apprentices?

7. Where do Jiro and his father go and spend their money, and who do they talk to there?

8. What does Kinshi steal for a celebration and what happens?

9. What does Isako bring to the theater and what does she tell Jiro?

10. What does Jiro offer to about the new play and what is the outcome?

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