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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to H, what is the purpose of the news reports?
(a) To confuse the reader.
(b) To pass on accurate information.
(c) To build national morale.
(d) To make the enemy look bad.

2. What does the Gokoku Shrine contain?
(a) The crosses taken down from all the churches.
(b) The personal effects of deceased soldiers.
(c) The spirit of the war dead.
(d) The spirit of the Kobe ancestors.

3. What do H and his friends do when "words of enemy origin" are not allowed?
(a) Hold a protest.
(b) Rat out classmates who don't follow the rules.
(c) Use the words anyways.
(d) Use substitute words.

4. Where does H tell his parents he is going when he visits Noodles?
(a) For a walk.
(b) The neighbor's house.
(c) The library.
(d) The bathhouse.

5. What is Japan experiencing a shortage of?
(a) Cotton.
(b) Tin.
(c) Rifles.
(d) Farm equipment.

6. What does H's mother make him do everyday before going to school?
(a) Sing her favorite hymn.
(b) Do the dishes and make his bed.
(c) Practice the tambourine.
(d) Read from the Bible.

7. Why does H finally decide to join the rifle club?
(a) H is bored.
(b) H wants to learn how to protect his family.
(c) H wants protection from Tamori.
(d) H wants to be best friends with Furuta.

8. What rule of his mothers is H embarrassed about?
(a) H must read the Bible for an hour as soon as he returns from school.
(b) H must go home directly from school before going to the beach.
(c) H must finish his milk before he can go out and play.
(d) H must join his mother at Church every morning for prayer.

9. What does H think of Mr. Chin?
(a) H likes Mr. Chin because he gives H free fortune cookies.
(b) H dislikes Mr. Chin because his restaurant serves strange food.
(c) H respects Mr. Chin and does not think of him as a "chink."
(d) H thinks he is an enemy of Japan.

10. Who is responsible for the Japanese language changes?
(a) Religious unions.
(b) Japanese military.
(c) National defence.
(d) Education Ministry.

11. According to Tamori, why should H's parents stop being Christians?
(a) Toshiko and Morio had H when they were not married.
(b) Toshiko and Morio don't believe in God.
(c) Tamori doesn't believe in God.
(d) Toshiko and Morio are Japanese.

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

13. What does public opinion think of the possibility of war with America?
(a) It has already started.
(b) It might happen.
(c) It will never happen.
(d) It is inevitable.

14. What did Tamori's wife supposedly do?
(a) Have an affair while Tamori was away.
(b) Steal food rations from her neigbors.
(c) Spy on the Japanese military.
(d) Refuse to wear the National Dress.

15. How does H find himself under the line of fire at the firing range?
(a) H is not looking where he is going.
(b) H and his friends take a short cut and go the wrong way.
(c) The shooters can not see him in his camouflage gear.
(d) H is confused where to stand as it is his first time at the firing range.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens with H's first shot?

2. What does H's father describe his shop as?

3. What is considered "un-Japanese" at school?

4. What will happen when H turns fifteen?

5. What are octopus pots also known as?

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