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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 39 | Chapter 40.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens on December 8th?
(a) America attacks Kobe.
(b) Japan and America sign a peace treaty.
(c) America attacks Hiroshima.
(d) Japan attacks Pearl Harbor.

2. What does H do with his 10 yen grant?
(a) H sends it to his mother.
(b) H spends it on himself.
(c) H buys food for his family.
(d) H gives it to a sickly classmate.

3. Why do the police take Morio in for questioning?
(a) Morio is caught spying from the roof of the fire station.
(b) Morio did business with American and British people prior to the war.
(c) Morio stole some rationed goods.
(d) Morio refused to purchase a gas mask.

4. What will happen when H turns fifteen?
(a) H will join the church choir.
(b) H will join the army.
(c) H will move in with his grandparents.
(d) H will no longer be a child.

5. As H and Toshiko flee, where are they heading for?
(a) The town centre.
(b) The sea.
(c) The country.
(d) The church.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is no longer published in newspapers?

2. What does H learn during his summer?

3. What one item do H and Toshiko take with them from their burning home?

4. Why does H return to the gas station after reporting what he saw?

5. Which character works for the newspaper?

(see the answer key)

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