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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Jiro shocked when the play opens that night?
(a) His brother is there.
(b) There are few people in attendance.
(c) His mother is there with his father.
(d) His father is there.

2. Where does Kinshi say it is forbidden to go?
(a) In the cellar.
(b) In the upstairs storehouse.
(c) In the stable's loft.
(d) In the attic.

3. What is pinned to the door?
(a) An arrest warrant.
(b) A man's scarf.
(c) A message from Saburo.
(d) The Shogun's proclamation.

4. Who is at the door one night when Jiro and Kinshi hear a banging sound?
(a) Ikairu.
(b) Yoshida.
(c) No one.
(d) Hanji.

5. What does Okada admit to Jiro?
(a) There is no Saburo.
(b) He is Saburo.
(c) Hanji is Saburo.
(d) Yoshida is Saburo.

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

7. What does Jiro say to Mochida's question?
(a) Kanshi went for an early morning walk.
(b) Kanshi has not been feeling well.
(c) Kanshi has been having nightmares.
(d) Kanshi is sad.

8. What does Yoshida eventually decide to do?
(a) Defy the authorities.
(b) Put on a play called The Battle of Dannoura.
(c) Appeal to the Emperor.
(d) Appeal to the Shogun.

9. What does the girl who is being courted by a high-born suitor do?
(a) Sticks a needle into his clothes.
(b) Looks through his pockets.
(c) Says she will die if he does not say where he lives.
(d) Puts dye on his shoes.

10. What does Yoshida tell the boys to get?
(a) Some newly-made fish balls.
(b) Some rice.
(c) Some sleep.
(d) Mallets.

11. What does Jiro find where he is preparing to practice?
(a) A Samaurai sword.
(b) A dagger.
(c) A barrel of rice.
(d) A red cape.

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

13. Who comes to take Jiro to Okada?
(a) Kinshi.
(b) No one.
(c) Wada.
(d) Tozo.

14. What does Mochida say when he grabs Jiro?
(a) Kenshi needs him at the river.
(b) He is needed to play Kenshi's role.
(c) His father is outside in the courtyard.
(d) Yoshida wants to speak to him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yashida order Jiro to do?

2. Who does Jiro think is Saburto?

3. How do the boys treat Jiro?

4. How does Saburo's gang rob the merchant's house?

5. Why is Kinshi worried about his part in the next performance?

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