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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 do the boys feel about Kinshi?
(a) They all love him.
(b) They all think he is a show off.
(c) They all hate him.
(d) They are all jealous of him.

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

3. How do the bandits get the stolen goods away?
(a) Through the garbage bin.
(b) In baskets on top of their heads.
(c) Under their robes.
(d) Inside hollowed out books.

4. Why is Jiro worried about his new duty?
(a) He trips the last time he had to do this job.
(b) His foot is still hurting from almost being attacked.
(c) He is not very tall.
(d) It is a big responsibility and he is not sure he is ready.

5. Who is Taro?
(a) The mean grain merchant.
(b) Jiro's neighbor.
(c) Jiro's cousin.
(d) Another puppet apprentice.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Wada described?

2. Who does Joman disguise himself as?

3. What has Jiro learned about his mother?

4. About what has Yoshida just sent word?

5. What does Kinshi say he did the last time there was a new play?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the authorities and merchant's guild offer?

2. Who posts the roles for the new play and what is Jiro's role?

3. What does Isako bring to the theater and what does she tell Jiro?

4. Who does Jiro meet at the theater and what does the person tell Jiro?

5. How is Jiro's family getting along?

6. What play does Okada finish and what do the apprentices worry about concerning the new play?

7. How does Kinshi perform when he takes over for Kwada one day?

8. What happens when Jiro goes home to see his mother?

9. What do Jiro and Kinshi get to do on stage during one performance?

10. What is the basic plot of the play?

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