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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-4, Aliens Arrive, The Black Ships of the Evil Men, His High and Might Mysteriousness, Landing on Sacred Soil (The Audience Hall).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Perry insist upon when the Japanese repeated their request that the Americans go to Nagasaki?
(a) They could not make it all that far.
(b) They needed a few days to get water and wood.
(c) They did not want to treat with the Dutch since they were at war with them.
(d) Perry wanted his letter answered first.

2. What was Edo?
(a) The capital of China.
(b) The large city where the ships landed.
(c) The capital of Japan.
(d) The capital of Korea.

3. About what time did the American ships finally anchor in Edo Bay?
(a) Midnight.
(b) 7 pm.
(c) About 5 am the next day.
(d) 5 pm.

4. What did Commodore Perry do when the Japanese tried to board?
(a) The Japanese did not yet try to board the ships.
(b) Ordered his men to keep them away.
(c) Invited them to his quarters.
(d) Ordered his men to help them aboard.

5. Where did four enormous ships appear at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Off the coast of Saipan.
(b) Near Seoul.
(c) Off the coast of Shimoda.
(d) Off the coast of Tokyo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What stunned the Japanese about the sailors?

2. What do the fishermen do as the ships are coming in?

3. Who was a mere puppet?

4. What are two of the ships doing that scares some of the inhabitants?

5. Where did messengers go as the ships were landing?

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