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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21 | Chapter 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Toshiko not want to buy the gas masks?
(a) Gas masks are poorly made.
(b) Gas masks are unattractive.
(c) Gas masks are heavy.
(d) Gas masks are expensive.

2. Why does H lurk outside the movie theater instead of going inside?
(a) H's mother told him never to go into the theater.
(b) H isn't interested in watching movies.
(c) H never has enough money to see a film.
(d) H doesn't want to run into Girly Boy.

3. Why does H run away when he hears tambourines and drums approaching?
(a) H fears that the tambourine and drum players will ask him to join in.
(b) H wants to avoid his mother at all costs.
(c) It means that Christian street preachers are coming.
(d) H dislikes all forms of music.

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

5. What is the Hoanden?
(a) The Hoanden is a concrete structure that houses The official royal portraits of the Emperor and Empress.
(b) The Hoanden is the celebration of the Emperor and Empress.
(c) The Hoanden is the official portrait of the Emperor.
(d) The Hoanden is the official scroll containing the words of the god Susanowo.

Short Answer Questions

1. After seeing the condition of his grandparents home, how does H feel?

2. What do H and his friends do when "words of enemy origin" are not allowed?

3. What is forbidden on the train?

4. What does H's mother make him do everyday before going to school?

5. What does H draw sketches of during a stop?

(see the answer key)

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