The Samurai's Tale

Study Guide Questions

Chapter 22 to 25, pp. 154 - 181

(Reminder: Questions in full italics are open ended questions, thus no right or wrong answers)

 

1. What was rumored to be in the letter Akiyama sent to the castle?

 

2.  Why would Wada Kansuke and others want Lord Akiyama to marry Lady Toyama?

 

3.  Why did Murakami bring back millet instead of rice?

 

4. Why was Murakami, again, worried that Lord Akiyama would be angry with him?

 

5.  What did Lord Akiyama ask Murakami about Lord Shingen?

 

6. How did Murakami figure out who Aki-hime was, and why did he stare?

 

7. Why did Lord Akiyama send a guard to Nagashino Castle before proposing to Lady Toyama?

 

8. For what did Lord Takeda Shingen praise Murakami?

 

9. Make a prediction:  Will Murakami end up with Lord Zakoji's daughter?

 

10. Why do you think Lord Zakoji revealed his "secret"--that he was deaf--to Murakami?