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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 do the other boys do for Kinshi?
(a) Cover for him.
(b) Find him a better-fitting harness.
(c) There's nothing they can do for him.
(d) Keep him awake.

2. What does the girl who is being courted by a high-born suitor do?
(a) Says she will die if he does not say where he lives.
(b) Looks through his pockets.
(c) Puts dye on his shoes.
(d) Sticks a needle into his clothes.

3. What does the puppet say about curiosity?
(a) That it is dishonorable to give in to one's curiosity.
(b) That it can be very dangerous.
(c) That it can lead to knowing things one does not wish to know
(d) That it is healthy up to a point.

4. What does Jiro realize about the puppeteer?
(a) It is Hanji.
(b) It is Okada.
(c) It is Toza.
(d) It is Yoshida.

5. How does Yoshida praise the assistant magistrate?
(a) Saying assistant magistrate is very wise.
(b) Saying assistant magistrate is very noble.
(c) Saying assistant magistrate is very wily.
(d) Yoshida does not respond at all to the assistant magistrate.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Kinshi say it is forbidden to go?

2. How does Saburo's gang rob the merchant's house?

3. What does Jiro worry about concerning his mother?

4. Why is Kinshi worried about his part in the next performance?

5. What is Jiro shocked when the play opens that night?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Joman avoid being executed?

2. What does Jiro find when he goes into the storeroom and what happens as he trying to decide what to do?

3. What does Yoshida ask Jiro and then tell Jiro to do?

4. How does Jiro arrange the meeting with Okada?

5. What does the assistant magistrate first tell Yoshida and what does the assistant magistrate later say?

6. What does Okada tell Tozo after Jiro leaves Okada?

7. Describe the conversation between Okada and Jiro.

8. What does Okada tell Jiro and how does Jiro react?

9. How does Jiro discover a Samurai sword?

10. How does Yoshida react when his play is shut down and what does he decide to do?

(see the answer keys)

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