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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What declaration is presented to Japan by the Americans?
(a) The Versailles Declaration.
(b) The Truman Declaration.
(c) The Roosevelt Declaration.
(d) The Potsdam Declaration.

2. Why is it suggested that Morio deserves a medal?
(a) He signs up to go to the front.
(b) He captures a runaway American soldier.
(c) He saves two people from a fire.
(d) He turns a neighbor in to the military police.

3. Which country announces its surrender?
(a) Germany.
(b) China.
(c) Italy.
(d) The Soviet Union.

4. Where is everyone from the neighborhood staying?
(a) The library.
(b) The school.
(c) The shrine.
(d) The city hall.

5. In Chapter 36, how do H and George get their clothing filthy?
(a) By rummaging through the ashes of burned buildings.
(b) By fighting in the school yard.
(c) By falling into the muddy river.
(d) By jumping out of a window into a dirty alleyway.

6. What does Mrs. Tazaki want to swap her sweet potatoes for?
(a) Fresh eggs.
(b) Barley tea.
(c) Rice.
(d) Figs.

7. What is worrying H in Chapter 47?
(a) The thought that his situation will never improve.
(b) The presence of the occupational forces.
(c) H's own unstable emotions.
(d) The Senoh's financial situation.

8. In Chapter 37, what makes H furious?
(a) The secrecy of the Japanese military.
(b) Being sent to Mitsubishi Electric.
(c) The American pilot's behavior.
(d) Being forced to help the military policeman.

9. H accompanies a group of students transporting what from Mitsubishi Electric?
(a) Lightbulbs.
(b) Food.
(c) Rifles.
(d) Electrical wires.

10. What is Masaru Sayema obsessed with?
(a) Mahjongg.
(b) Women.
(c) American music.
(d) Politics.

11. Where does Hayashi and his family evacuate to?
(a) Toyooka.
(b) Fukuoka.
(c) Nagoya.
(d) Osaka.

12. What is dropped over Kobe from B29 planes?
(a) Food parcels.
(b) Mustard Gas.
(c) Leaflets announcing the signing of the Potsdam Declaration.
(d) Anti-American booklets.

13. What do the boys intend to do with the rifle club's rifles?
(a) Break them.
(b) Throw them in the river.
(c) Hide them in the woods.
(d) Bury them.

14. What do H and his friends drop from the roof of the school?
(a) Rocks.
(b) Balloons.
(c) Milk cartons.
(d) Sweet potatoes.

15. Why does Morio quit his job at the fire station?
(a) To return to tailoring.
(b) To work at the newspaper.
(c) To find a better paying job.
(d) He does not quit, he is fired.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two things does H realize have gone unchanged by the war?

2. Why should H be patient with the children next door?

3. Why does H rip down the Japanese Progressive Party poster?

4. What spurs H to storm out of the apartment?

5. What is H's first confirmation that the war is over?

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