1. What happens when Toshiko injures her back during an air raid drill?
(a) H must take over at the air raid drills.
(b) Toshiko spends three weeks in hospital.
(c) Association members stop by to check on her and bring sweet buns and candies.
(d) Morio quits his job at the fire station to look after her.

2. Why does Toshiko think that Shige-san is not qualified for the apprenticeship?
(a) Shige-san has a bad leg and his body tilts to one side when he walks.
(b) Shige-san is known to be a lazy and irresponsible worker.
(c) Shige-san is very poor at math, and is unable to perform the simplist calculations.
(d) Shige-san acts inappropriately towards Toshiko when Moiro is not around.

3. How does H deal with all the new censorship and laws?
(a) H decides to give up sketching anything but sumo wrestlers.
(b) H decides to learn a new skill to help his country.
(c) H spys on the military and sells the information to his friends.
(d) H disobeys any new law that is made.

4. What puzzles H about his teacher?
(a) H's teacher is lazier than his students.
(b) H's teacher gives him good grades no matter what.
(c) H's teacher did not tell his mother about the lie he told.
(d) H's teacher never loses his temper.

5. What does H decide to start a business doing?
(a) Decorating the "flower cars" with his drawings in exchange for free rides.
(b) Stealing matches and selling them to his friends.
(c) Exchanging pictures of "flower cars" with whatever he can get.
(d) Drawing portraits of people at the anniversary celebration.