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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 is wrong with Hanji?
(a) He had a stroke.
(b) He broke his hip.
(c) He has bad lungs.
(d) He had a heart attack.

2. What is the situation in this country during this time?
(a) A religious upheaval.
(b) A famine.
(c) A civil war.
(d) A drought.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what are the boys preparing?

2. How is Jiro feeling?

3. What is Taro doing when Jiro talks with him?

4. How many ryo are placed as a reward on Saburo's head?

5. What happens to the snipe?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How is Jiro's family getting along?

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