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

2. Why is Kinshi worried about his part in the next performance?
(a) He has been assigned as foot operator for a difficult part.
(b) He cannot seem to remember his lines.
(c) He has broken his toe.
(d) He is not worried.

3. What happens after the play is done?
(a) The people stand and chant Saburo's name.
(b) The lights go out and a voice makes a statement.
(c) Nothing out of the ordinary.
(d) The soldiers start clubbing people.

4. Why is Jiro irritable as Kinshi practices?
(a) He is worried about his mother.
(b) He is worried that Saburo is going to attack the theater again.
(c) He is jealous of Kinshi.
(d) He is worried about Hanji.

5. Why dos Jiro run past Okada?
(a) He is needed in the theater.
(b) He hears Kenshi screaming.
(c) He is afraid of what the man will do.
(d) He hears his father yelling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kinshi do instead of what he says he is going to do?

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

3. What does the Samurai tell Yoshida?

4. What does Mochida explain to Jiro?

5. What does Jira say he will try to arrange for Kinshi?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the story that the puppeteer tells Jiro?

2. What is pinned on the door of the theater and how does Yoshida respond?

3. What does Jiro beg Kinshi to do and what is Kinshi's reply?

4. What happens in the theater when the play is over and how does the assistant magistrate react?

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

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

7. Describe the conversation between Okada and Jiro.

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

9. What happens when the boys are sewing and practicing later that night and how does Yoshida react?

10. How does Jiro arrange the meeting with Okada?

(see the answer keys)

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