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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Seven and Eight.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Blackthorne taken out of respect for his position?
(a) the general prison.
(b) the home of Mura, the headman of the village, Anjiro.
(c) the palace of the shōgun.
(d) the office of Father Sabastio.

2. How do Blackthorne and his men determine which of them will be executed?
(a) arm wrestling.
(b) selecting the oldest.
(c) selecting the youngest.
(d) drawing straws.

3. What does Yabu find on the Erasmus?
(a) muskets, gold, silver, plate, coins, and fancy clothing.
(b) dynamite, fuses, water mines, and wine.
(c) rum, Chinese silks, coconuts, and bananas.
(d) stowaways and maps of the Pacific Ocean.

4. What sentence is pronounced on Blackthorne's men?
(a) one of them must kill the others.
(b) they will be deported.
(c) they must become slaves.
(d) one of them must die.

5. Before the storm, who comes on deck to see Blackthorne piloting the ship while Rodrigues sleeps?
(a) Hiro-matsu and Father Sebastio.
(b) Toranaga and Yabu.
(c) a priest and Yabu.
(d) Hiro-matsu and Yabu.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the book Blackthorne looks for happen to be on the Erasmus?

2. While Yabu is telling Omi that the next battle will be fought at sea, what does he see entering the bay?

3. How does the galley get safely into the harbor?

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

5. After Yabu decides not to kill the crew, where are they held?

(see the answer key)

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