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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Kinshi?
(a) A beggar boy Jiro meets at the blacksmith's stable.
(b) The blacksmith's son.
(c) The boy Jiro saw being disciplined.
(d) The son of Saburo.

2. Where does Jiro go after talking with Taro?
(a) To the big city.
(b) To the capitol.
(c) To his cousin's farm.
(d) To the Hanaza.

3. To whom does Jiro apprentice himself?
(a) A painter.
(b) A blacksmith,.
(c) A potter.
(d) A puppeteer.

4. Who is Yoshida?
(a) Jiro's brother.
(b) Jiro's uncle.
(c) The master puppeteer.
(d) A master potter.

5. What does the person who calls him selfish say will be the result of Jiro joining the theater?
(a) Hanji will become ill.
(b) Hanji will kill himself.
(c) Isako will die of grief.
(d) Jiro will fail.

6. What is Taro doing when Jiro talks with him?
(a) Looking after his parents' house.
(b) Planting corn.
(c) Stealing some grapes.
(d) Writing out a bill of sale.

7. Who tells Jiro he is selfish?
(a) His mother.
(b) His sister.
(c) His grandmother.
(d) Hanji.

8. Who is Okada?
(a) The cook.
(b) The master chanter.
(c) The stable hand.
(d) The master painter.

9. How does Jiro do in his part of the play?
(a) He got all tangled up in the ropes.
(b) He trips and falls off the stage.
(c) He only misses his footing twice.
(d) He does very well.

10. What is Kwada's job in the theater?
(a) Costume designer.
(b) Prop man.
(c) Carpenter.
(d) Foot operator.

11. Where does Jiro sleep?
(a) In with Okada.
(b) He goes home every day to sleep.
(c) In the barn.
(d) In the dressing room.

12. What does Jiro decide to do?
(a) Apprentice himself to the blacksmith.
(b) Go offer himself as an apprentice to Yoshidaq.
(c) Go to the big city to find work.
(d) Work a small plot of land near the forest.

13. Who is Hanji?
(a) Jiro's sister.
(b) Jiro's brother.
(c) Jiro's grandmother.
(d) Jiro's father.

14. Who saves Jiro from a ronin?
(a) Yoshida.
(b) Jiro saves himself.
(c) Hanji.
(d) Kenshi.

15. Where do Jiro and Hanji go?
(a) The bathhouse.
(b) Nowhere.
(c) The butcher.
(d) The wool house.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what is Yoshida disciplining one of the boys?

2. Who does the character Joman resemble?

3. What does Jiro do that is rude?

4. What does Yoshida tell Kinshi to do?

5. What does Jiro say to Yoshida?

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