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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 43.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is assigned to clean up the city's bombsites?
(a) All Kobe citizens.
(b) Civil servants.
(c) Students.
(d) Military police.

2. Why is Morio's apprentice, Shige, crying when H returns home from school one day?
(a) Shige pricked his fingers with a sewing needle.
(b) Morio yelled at Shige for measuring a garment incorrectly.
(c) Morio has decided to let Shige go.
(d) Shige has been called up to the army.

3. What happens on H's eleventh birthday?
(a) Japan defeats China.
(b) Germany attacks the Soviet Union.
(c) Germany attacks Japan.
(d) America attacks Japan.

4. When are the occupational forces scheduled to arrive in Kobe?
(a) September 24th.
(b) March 18th.
(c) Christmas Day.
(d) H's birthday.

5. What transportation do the American troops use?
(a) Jeeps and covered trucks.
(b) Tanks.
(c) They are on foot.
(d) Motorbikes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the principal tell the students to avoid?

2. What did Tamori's wife supposedly do?

3. Why are the clubs being disbanded?

4. What are octopus pots also known as?

5. Where does Ishizuka live?

(see the answer key)

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