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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Ten through Nineteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Omi, nephew of Yabu, advise that the men from the shipwreck not be killed?
(a) because they might know something important.
(b) because it is not an auspicious day.
(c) because of their apparent dislike of the priest.
(d) because they would amuse the shōgun.

2. How is Rodrigues when the galley arrives safely in Osaka?
(a) he is dead.
(b) he is conscious.
(c) he is still unconscious.
(d) he is delirious.

3. What does Blackthorne want to do?
(a) escape during the confusion.
(b) take command of the galley.
(c) search the coastline for Rodrigues.
(d) apply for Rodriguez's job.

4. What history does Domingo tell Blackthorne about?
(a) the migration of the Japanese from mainland Asia.
(b) traders who came to Japan over a century ago.
(c) the religion of the Japanese.
(d) the rise and fall of the shōguns.

5. During the trip on the galley, how does the weather change?
(a) the sea becomes calm.
(b) the clouds hide the stars.
(c) it begins to snow.
(d) a storm comes up.

Short Answer Questions

1. What offer does Rodrigues make to Blackthorne?

2. What question comes to mind when Blackthorne almost falls off the galley while Rodrigues is piloting?

3. What does the samurai Omi do when one man fails to bow upon his arrival?

4. What does Yabu find on the Erasmus?

5. Why does Rodrigues go aboard the Erasmus?

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