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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Twenty through Twenty-Nine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What praise does Rodrigues give the Japanese sailors?
(a) they work very cheaply.
(b) they are very polite to the pilot.
(c) they row far past what a normal man would endure.
(d) they never disobey orders.

2. What is Toda's plan for the Erasmus?
(a) to remove the canons from the ship.
(b) to confiscate the goods and the ship for Toranga.
(c) to confiscate the ship for himself.
(d) to destroy the erasmus.

3. After Yabu decides not to kill the crew, where are they held?
(a) on the ship.
(b) in a small cubicle.
(c) in a pit.
(d) in a palace.

4. Who does Suwa know plans to kill Yabu one day?
(a) Father Sabastio.
(b) Yuriko.
(c) Su, the uncle of Yabu's enemy, Ikawa Jikkyu.
(d) Toranaga.

5. Why does Ishido Kazunari insult Toranaga?
(a) to challenge his samurai.
(b) to precipitate a change in government.
(c) to have an excuse for killing him.
(d) to see how he will react.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Kiri divert attention from Toranaga as they make their escape?

2. What history does Domingo tell Blackthorne about?

3. How is the Englishman killed?

4. Who knows the true story of the death of Obata Hiro and Toranaga's grandfather?

5. What lie does Blackthorne continue to tell?

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