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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 explain about Yoshida?
(a) What he has learned about Yoshida.
(b) That Yoshida saved him once.
(c) That Yoshida will probably make Jiro leave the theater.
(d) That he is afraid to confront Yoshida.

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

3. What does Jiro reply to Okada's question?
(a) That is not up to Jiro to judge.
(b) That Jiro believes in what Saburo is doing.
(c) That Jiro trust Kenshi completely.
(d) That Jiro could never hurt Kenshi.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the crest Jiro sees?

2. How does Jiro respond to Yashida's questioning?

3. Who comes to take Jiro to Okada?

4. What does Yoshida tell the boys to get?

5. Who is shouting for Yoshida at the gate?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kinshi get out of his chores and what do the other boys do?

2. What happens in the theater when the play is over and how does the assistant magistrate react?

3. What is the story that the puppeteer tells Jiro?

4. How does Jiro discover a Samurai sword?

5. What wakes Jiro in the night and what is the outcome?

6. What does Jiro find when he goes into the storeroom and what happens as he trying to decide what to do?

7. What does Jiro conclude after seeing the Samurai sword?

8. What is pinned on the door of the theater and how does Yoshida respond?

9. What part is Kinshi assigned in the new play and what does Jiro learn as they go to get puppets for Kinshi to practice?

10. How does Jiro arrange the meeting with Okada?

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