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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Blackthorne realize he is not going to be executed?
(a) they give him a bath and new clothes.
(b) they take him out of the prison courtyard.
(c) they give him a musket.
(d) they tell him in Portuguese.

2. Where does Blackthorne find himself once again?
(a) in front of Toranaga.
(b) on Rodrigues's galley.
(c) on the Erasmus.
(d) in a cramped prison cell

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

4. What is Blackthorne looking for when he manages to return to his ship?
(a) the rudder.
(b) the rubber.
(c) the ribber.
(d) the rutter.

5. On the way to Osaka, what does Blackthorne do while Rodrigues naps?
(a) tries to escape.
(b) pilots the galley.
(c) talks to the priest.
(d) watches Yabu.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to take Blackthorne from the pit?

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

3. What is Rodrigues carrying for Father Sebastio?

4. How do Blackthorne and his men determine which of them will be executed?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the first indication of Yabu's ambition as Hiro-matsu arrives to see the Erasmus?

2. What is the diversion that allows Toranaga, dressed as a woman, to change places with Kiri in the palanquin?

3. How does John Blackthorne arrive in Japan?

4. What prompts Blackthorne to attack Father Sabastio and desecrate his wooden cross?

5. Describe the change in Toranaga's orders related to Blackthorne after he is removed from prison.

6. After escaping the harbor, when Blackthorne awakes from his exhausted sleep, what does he find Toranaga doing?

7. What does Rodrigues tell Blackthorne about the Japanese rowers on board the galley?

8. What is the first indication of the brutality of the samurai in the novel?

9. What sets up the conflict between Blackthorne and Omi that lasts for the remainder of the novel?

10. How is the Portuguese pilot, Rodrigues, introduced into the story?

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