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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 are the wealthy in the town saying?
(a) The poor need to work harder.
(b) The police are incompetent.
(c) The poor do not deserve to eat.
(d) They will not trust the police again.

2. Who is the person coming up the storeroom stairs?
(a) Kenshi.
(b) Jiro does not know.
(c) Hanji.
(d) Yoshida.

3. What does Mochida explain to Jiro?
(a) The police have intimidated many would-be theater goers.
(b) Merchants are staying home to guard their wares.
(c) The police have said that nothing controversial may be shown at the theater.
(d) Saburo's gang has declared the theater off limits.

4. What does Jiro say when he asks to speak to Okada?
(a) He will have to leave the theater if he cannot speak with Okada.
(b) It is a matter of life and death.
(c) It must happen that day.
(d) Jiro does not elaborate.

5. What is going to be the entrance fee for a special showing of "The Thief of the Tokaido"?
(a) Same as always.
(b) Half price.
(c) Free.
(d) Two for one.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jiro want his mother to do when he sees her in the audience?

2. What is happening in the city when Jiro goes there after the performance?

3. What does the Samurai tell Yoshida?

4. How does Yoshida react when he hears about what is pinned to the door?

5. How do the boys decide to give Kinshi his role back?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kinshi get out of his chores and what do the other boys do?

2. How does Jiro manage to get Kinshi his role back in the play?

3. What does Kinshi say to Jiro the next morning?

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

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

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

7. Describe the latest theft Saburo pulls off.

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

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

10. Describe the conversation between Okada and Jiro.

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