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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the bird on the crest of the Samurai who visits Yoshida?
(a) A hawk.
(b) A heron.
(c) An eagle.
(d) A vulture.

2. To whom does Jiro think it would be best to talk?
(a) Tozo.
(b) Mochida.
(c) His mother.
(d) Okada.

3. Where does Jiro decide to practice his part?
(a) Down by the river.
(b) In the upstairs storeroom.
(c) The stable.
(d) In the practice room.

4. What does Jiro tell Okada?
(a) About Kinshi's night activities.
(b) About Kinshi's hopes.
(c) About his father's disappearance.
(d) About his mother being beaten.

5. What does Okada ask Jiro to do?
(a) Continue as if nothing has happened.
(b) Retrieve the Samurai sword.
(c) Go to an address and leave a note.
(d) Not say anything to Kenshi.

6. How does Jiro respond to Yashida's questioning?
(a) Jiro starts crying.
(b) Jiro tells the truth.
(c) Jiro says Kanshi is taking medicine to Jiro's mother.
(d) Jiro feigns ignorance.

7. What does Jiro realize about the puppeteer?
(a) It is Toza.
(b) It is Hanji.
(c) It is Okada.
(d) It is Yoshida.

8. What does Kinshi say he has to do?
(a) Find out who Saburo is.
(b) Help the night rovers.
(c) Protect his family.
(d) Figure out where his father gets so much food.

9. What does a fishmonger arrive to tell those at the theater?
(a) About the assistant magistrate losing his head.
(b) About the Emperor's response to the play.
(c) About Saburo's latest theft.
(d) About the assistant magistrate losing his position.

10. How is Kinshi the next morning?
(a) Exhausted.
(b) Sick.
(c) Very depressed.
(d) Happy.

11. What does Jiro discover when he sneaks into the storehouse?
(a) The Samurai sword is gone.
(b) Kenshi is there.
(c) Hanji is there.
(d) Yoshida is there.

12. What does the puppet say about curiosity?
(a) That it is dishonorable to give in to one's curiosity.
(b) That it can lead to knowing things one does not wish to know
(c) That it can be very dangerous.
(d) That it is healthy up to a point.

13. How do the boys treat Jiro?
(a) Like a traitor.
(b) Like an outsider.
(c) The same as always.
(d) Like a lucky charm.

14. What does Jiro want his mother to do when he sees her in the audience?
(a) See his part in the play.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Come backstage after the performance.
(d) Leave.

15. What awakens Jiro in the middle of the night?
(a) Kinshi moving about.
(b) A dark barking.
(c) Someone sobbing.
(d) The sounds of a angry mob.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kinshi do instead of what he says he is going to do?

2. What does Jiro say to Mochida's question?

3. What is going to be the entrance fee for a special showing of "The Thief of the Tokaido"?

4. What does the man make the puppet do?

5. Who does Jiro think is Saburto?

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