View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many ryo are placed as a reward on Saburo's head?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 150,000.
(c) 100.
(d) 1000.

2. Who offers the reward for Saburo's capture?
(a) The authorities and the merchants' guild.
(b) The Samurai noble in the town.
(c) The Emperor.
(d) No one.

3. What does Jiro decide to do on the New Year instead of celebrating with the others?
(a) Go see his mother.
(b) Go to talk to his brother.
(c) Work overtime for some food for his mother.
(d) Sleep.

4. What list does Yoshida post?
(a) A list of new words in the play.
(b) The boys' roles in the new play.
(c) The rotation of cleaning and scrubbing duties.
(d) The names of the expected attendees of the opening night of the new play.

5. Where does Jiro visit Okada?
(a) In his dressing room.
(b) In the stables.
(c) In the bath house.
(d) In the kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the snipe?

2. What does Okada tell Jiro to claim?

3. For what is Yoshida disciplining one of the boys?

4. What is Jiro's part in the new play?

5. What does Jiro decide to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does the Shogun do about Saburo?

9. How does Jiro practice puppeteering skills?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 789 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample