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

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

3. What do Saburo and his band rob one evening?
(a) A bank.
(b) A samurai's home.
(c) A rice brokerage.
(d) A pig farm.

4. With whom does Yoshida find fault when he watches the boys' practice?
(a) Minoru.
(b) Jiro.
(c) Kinshi.
(d) Wada.

5. What is one reason Jiro has decided to do what he does?
(a) His mother has been hounding him too much.
(b) There will be one less mouth to feed at home.
(c) He can learn blacksmithing and then set up a shop.
(d) His father is very ill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Okada tell Jiro to claim?

2. How does Jiro feel about himself in regards to his family?

3. Who is to control the snipe?

4. To whom does Jiro apprentice himself?

5. How does Okada react to Jiro's request?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Yoshida tell Jiro when Jiro presents himself to the man and how does Kinshi reassure Jiro?

2. What play does Okada finish and what do the apprentices worry about concerning the new play?

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

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

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

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

7. How do some of the attendees feel about the resemblance of Joman to Saburo?

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

9. What do the authorities and merchant's guild offer?

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

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