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 * //The Master Puppeteer//** by Katherine Paterson:

__Easy__: 1. What is Hanji's job? ㅡPuppet-maker. 2. Why does Isako, Jiro's mother, hate Jiro? ㅡBecause he survived when all his older siblings died + he brought hardship and misfortune to the family + he doesn't know how to make puppets very well. 3. What is Hanaza and what rude action does Jiro do there? ㅡHanaza is a puppet theater for merchants and middle class. Jiro accepts the dinner offer rudely because he was so hungry. 4. What is the relationship between Kinshi and Yoshida? ㅡFather and son relationship. 5. What different positions are there in controlling one puppet? And who is the master reciter? ㅡChief operator, left hand operator and the foot operator. Okada. 6. What is the name of the little kid in the East Wing serving for Okada? ㅡTozo. 7. Who did Jiro suspect as the Saburo and why? ㅡYoshida because Jiro found a samurai sword that Saburo used in the strorage room. Plus, he also found the basket. 8. Who was among the night rovers? ㅡJiro's mother, Isako. 9. What is Hanji's real occupation? ㅡA member in Saburo's band. 10. What miserable thing happens to Kinshi at the end? ㅡHis right hand is cut off.

__Hard__: 1. What was the debts of honor that Kinshi was talking? 2. What did Kinshi mean when he said "Let her worry. She deserves a little happiness"? 3. What does Yoshida value in puppeteering? Why? 4. What were some different, ambivalent feelings that Jiro had for Kinshi? 5. What is the "chain of blaming" about the famine?