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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. What does Jiro offer to do for Kenshi?
(a) Steal a copy of the new play.
(b) Tell Yoshida that Kenshi wants to talk with him.
(c) Tell Yoshida how good Kenshi is.
(d) Play the snipe part for Kenshi to practice.

2. How does Jiro's family make money?
(a) Selling puppets.
(b) Spinning wool.
(c) Selling eggs.
(d) Making calligraphy invitations.

3. What happens to Jiro's mother when she goes to the shrine to get food?
(a) She is killed.
(b) She is given work in the Shogun's house.
(c) She is attacked on the way home.
(d) Nothing.

4. What is Joman's occupation?
(a) A scribe.
(b) A bandit.
(c) A potter.
(d) A samurai.

5. What does Jiro find when he is stealing the text of the next play?
(a) Nothing out of the ordinary.
(b) A basket hat.
(c) A letter from Yoshida to Saburo.
(d) A letter from Hanji to Yoshida.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jiro admire about the boy who is disciplined?

2. In what country does Jiro live?

3. What is wrong with Hanji?

4. What does Jiro keep doing?

5. What is Mochida's response to Jiro's question?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who are the other apprentices?

3. What does Jiro hope about his father and what is the outcome?

4. What does the Shogun do about Saburo?

5. What does Kinshi steal for a celebration and what happens?

6. How does Jiro being rude earn him an apprenticeship?

7. What does Jiro decide to do and why does he make this decision?

8. How does Jiro help his father and how does this help his family?

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

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

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