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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jiro find when he is stealing the text of the next play?

2. Who is Fusamu?

3. What is Teiji's problem?

4. What does Yoshida do after discovering the celebration?

5. What does Jiro think Yoshida does beautifully at the performance?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Jiro's family getting along?

2. How do some of the attendees feel about the resemblance of Joman to Saburo?

3. What does Jiro hope about his father and what is the outcome?

4. How does Okada respond to Jiro's question?

5. Who does Jiro meet at the theater and what does the person tell Jiro?

6. Where do Jiro and his father go and spend their money, and who do they talk to there?

7. What do Saburo and his gang do one evening?

8. What play does Okada finish and what do the apprentices worry about concerning the new play?

9. What does Kinshi steal for a celebration and what happens?

10. What does the Shogun do about Saburo?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are a number of interesting questions raised by The Master Puppeteer. Questions that Peterson most likely want readers to consider and think through carefully. Discuss the following:

1. What does the term "author agenda" mean?

2. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the Peterson' agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Peterson' probable agenda concerning that idea.

2. Do you think writers who have an agenda for writing should point it out in a preface?

3. How often do you think fiction is written with a clear agenda in mind by the author?

4. Research the life of Peterson and see if/where his life may have influenced his writing.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the following:

1. Who is/are the protagonists of the story and why?

2. Who is/are the antagonists of the story and why?

3. Which 3 secondary characters have the greatest impact on the plot?

4. Are any of the characters dispensable and which ones? Why or why not?

5. Do you think this is a character-driven plot or an action-driven plot? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

The Master Puppeteer belongs to the youth historical fiction genre. Discuss the following:

1. Define the literary term "genre" and give several examples of three other genres in addition to the youth historical fiction genre.

2. Discuss two reasons why it might be useful to label a text by genre and two reasons it might be disadvantageous to label a text by genre.

3. What do you think is the difference between a youth historical fiction and a historical novel mystery?

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