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

2. To whom does Kinshi introduce Jiro?
(a) To his dog.
(b) To the other apprentices.
(c) To Yoshida.
(d) To his younger brother.

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

4. How is Wada described?
(a) Very smart.
(b) Ugly and fat.
(c) Humorous.
(d) Thin and quick.

5. Why does Fusamu go into fits of shrieking?
(a) Her brother is killed by one of the bandits.
(b) A bandit accidentally kills her cat.
(c) To pretend her mother has died.
(d) Her dog is killed by one of the soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Kinshi?

3. What does the person who calls him selfish say will be the result of Jiro joining the theater?

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

5. Who is Fusamu?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Jiro's family getting along?

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

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

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

5. How does Okada respond to Jiro's question?

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

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

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

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

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

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