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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 does Okada ask Jiro?
(a) If Jiro believes in what Kinshi is doing.
(b) If Jiro would lay his life on the line for Kinshi.
(c) If Jiro believes in what Saburo is doing.
(d) If Jiro is tempted to turn in Yoshida.

2. Where does Jiro decide to practice his part?
(a) The stable.
(b) In the practice room.
(c) Down by the river.
(d) In the upstairs storeroom.

3. Where does Kinshi say it is forbidden to go?
(a) In the stable's loft.
(b) In the attic.
(c) In the cellar.
(d) In the upstairs storehouse.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Okada ask Jiro to do?

2. What does Jiro tell Okada?

3. What does a fishmonger arrive to tell those at the theater?

4. What happens after the play is done?

5. What does the girl who is being courted by a high-born suitor do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hanji tell Jiro and offer to do, and what is Jiro's response?

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

3. What does Jiro conclude after seeing the Samurai sword?

4. How does Jiro discover a Samurai sword?

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

6. What part is Kinshi assigned in the new play and what does Jiro learn as they go to get puppets for Kinshi to practice?

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

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

9. How does Jiro arrange the meeting with Okada?

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

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