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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. What happens to Jiro's mother when she goes to the shrine to get food?
(a) She is killed.
(b) She is given work in the Shogun's house.
(c) She is attacked on the way home.
(d) Nothing.

2. What does Yoshido say about Jiro?
(a) Yoshido says Jiro is impudent.
(b) Yoshido says Jiro is skilled for his age.
(c) Yoshido says Jiro has clumsey hands.
(d) Yoshido says Jiro has spirit.

3. What does the visitor to the theater bring?
(a) Jiro's sleeping quilts.
(b) Money.
(c) A note from Jiro's grandfather.
(d) A letter of demands.

4. Who is Mochida?
(a) The head of the blacksmith's guild.
(b) The head of the puppet's guild.
(c) A kind man who oversees the apprentices.
(d) Yoshida's tailor.

5. What does Jiro decide to do?
(a) Go offer himself as an apprentice to Yoshidaq.
(b) Go to the big city to find work.
(c) Apprentice himself to the blacksmith.
(d) Work a small plot of land near the forest.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what are the boys preparing?

2. In what disguise do Saburo and his crew pull off the robbery?

3. Who offers the reward for Saburo's capture?

4. With whom does Yoshida find fault when he watches the boys' practice?

5. What does Kinshi admire?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Jiro meet at the theater and what does the person tell Jiro?

2. What do Jiro and Kinshi get to do on stage during one performance?

3. What do Jiro and Kinshi think of Yoshida's performance?

4. What does Jiro hope about his father and what is the outcome?

5. Who does Jiro find at the house when he gets home and what does Jiro learn from him?

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

7. Where does Jiro and his father sell their puppets?

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

9. How do Jiro and the other boys feel about Jiro's assignment?

10. Why does Jiro make mistakes and how does his mother react?

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