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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. Why does Jiro not want to go to Yoshida?
(a) Yoshida will be too angry to listen.
(b) Jiro does not think Yoshida will care.
(c) Yoshida may fire Jiro.
(d) Yoshida may punish Kenshi terribly.

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

3. What does Kinshi do instead of what he says he is going to do?
(a) Sleeps.
(b) Writes in his journal.
(c) Takes food to Jiro's mothre.
(d) Sneaks to the upstairs warehouse.

4. How does Jiro respond to Yashida's questioning?
(a) Jiro starts crying.
(b) Jiro says Kanshi is taking medicine to Jiro's mother.
(c) Jiro tells the truth.
(d) Jiro feigns ignorance.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the person coming up the storeroom stairs?

3. What does Jiro explain about Yoshida?

4. What does Jiro discover when he sneaks into the storehouse?

5. Who does Jiro think is Saburto?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jiro think about concerning arranging a meeting with Saburo?

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

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

4. How does Joman avoid being executed?

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

6. Describe the conversation between Okada and Jiro.

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

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

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

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

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