Chapter 1, 2 and 3 Vocabulary Name: ________________________
__ disheartening (7) – predators (7) – dank (8) – provisions (9) – horrendous (9) – migrated (9) – treacherous (15) – fiend (15) – depicted (15) – ruthless (17) – edict (19) –
Chapter 4 and 5 Vocabulary Name: ____________________________ marooned (21) – larder (21) – pantomine (22) – distressed (25) – bow (25) – stern (25) – lashed (25) – flogging (25) – deducted (25) – confined (26) – leviathan (28) – sentinel (29) – carcass (29) – joists ( 31) – baleen (31) – curtain (31) – infuriated (32) – diverting (32) – 1. Why did Japan isolate its people from the rest of the world? 2. During this time, known as Great Peace, what did the Japanese give up as a result of having peace? 3.Write a journal entry on a separate piece of paper. Imagine that you are Manjiro. Describe how you felt when you were rescued. 4. Why was Captain Whitfield highly respected? Chapters 6 and 7 Vocabulary Name: __________________________ dismayed (35) – jeopardize (35) – elated (35) – disembarked (35) – wielded (36) – renounced (36) – assured (36) – baffled (37) – elaborate (40) – stench (41) – dowers (41) – surveying (42) – askance (43) – catered (43) – demeanor (43) – 1. What were some of the things that he experienced or saw in New England that were different from Japan? 2. Name at least five features of Captain Whitfield’s house that were not available in Japan. 3. List at list three American customs that Manjiro found strange. Chapter 8 and 9 Vocabulary Name: ___________________________ forbade (47) – grog (47) – plagued (49) – convey (49) – irrational (50) – unanimously (50) – tormented (53) – inflation (54) – raucous (55) – rampant (55) – almanac (56) – 1. What was a “religious ship”? 2. What was Manjiro’s plan to return to Japan? Why didn’t his plan work? 3. What do you think caused the captain of the Franklin to go insane? 4. Describe what Manjiro saw in San Francisco using your own words. Use at least two to three sentences. 5. How did Manjiro earn money? How much did he make for each job? 6. Why does Manjiro head to Honolulu first? 7. How does Manjiro convince Captain Whitmore to take his friends and him on the Sarah Boyd? 8. Why might Captain Whitmore not want to take Manjiro? Chapter 10 and 11 Vocabulary Name: _____________________________ figurehead (60) – unnerving (60) – interrogators (60) – fortified (61) – retainers (61) – hostility ( 63) hereditary (64) – naïve (65) – inquisitors (65) – 1. Where did Manjiro and his friends get off the Sarah Boyd? 2. What were the conditions like for Manjiro and his friends when they embarked on their journey alone? 3. Why were the people they met afraid? 4. Why do you think the Okinawans thought Manjiro and his friends were foreigners? 5. Why did Lord Nariakira want to speak personally with Manjiro, Denzo and Goemon? 6. What was Lord Nariakira’s assessment of the three men? Chapter 12 and 13 Vocabulary Name: ________________________ elated (67) ecstatic ( 69) – interrogated (69) – muster (72) – vital (72) – feudalism (74) – 1. Did Lord Nariakira’s note prevent Manjiro from being imprisoned? Why or why not? 2. Why do you think Manjiro was put on trial so many times? 3. In this chapter how does Manjiro display courage? 4. What did the three men find when they returned home? 5. What happened to Manjiro? Give several details. 6. What incident occurred that changed Manjiro’s life significantly? 7. When Commodore Perry returned from Hong Kong, armed with weapons, the Council of Nobles realized that they had problems. What did the Council see as the two main problems? 8. What did Manjiro recommend as a solution for Japan? 9. Why wasn’t Manjiro permitted to meet with the Americans? 10. What did the “Treaty of Peace and Amity with the United States” say? 11. As consultant, what significant things did Manjiro help Japan accomplish?
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