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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two sports are banned?
(a) Tennis and baseball.
(b) Basketball and Squash.
(c) Badminton and Swimming.
(d) Soccer and Karate.

2. What does H's father describe his shop as?
(a) A local hangout.
(b) A meeting place for the secret police.
(c) An upscale business.
(d) A run of the mill tailor shop.

3. Why is H embarrassed in the doctor's waiting room?
(a) Mitchan is waiting to see the doctor as well, and overhears what H's problem is.
(b) H wets his pants while waiting to see the doctor.
(c) H's mother prays aloud that H will be cured of his bed wetting.
(d) H's mother discusses his problem with everyone in the waiting room.

4. What does H do to Girly Boy at the bathhouse?
(a) H ignores Girly Boy.
(b) H steals his clothes while Girly Boy is bathing.
(c) H mocks Girly Boy in front of his friends.
(d) H pulls Girly Boy's towel away from him.

5. What is the rumor going around H's school?
(a) The American military is planning an invasion.
(b) H's family are spies.
(c) The war is over.
(d) H's English teacher is a spy.

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

7. What is considered "un-Japanese" at school?
(a) Learning about foreign cultures.
(b) Singing German music.
(c) Talking about America or Britain.
(d) Wearing clothes that is not made out of khaki.

8. What are octopus pots also known as?
(a) Chamber pots.
(b) Squid puddles.
(c) Fish bowls.
(d) Foxholes.

9. Why does the owner of the noodle restaurant give H and his mother a free meal?
(a) H and his mother are regular customers.
(b) H and his mother look hungry and poor.
(c) H does a trick for the restaurant owner.
(d) H offers advice that improves a dish.

10. What happens on H's birthday?
(a) A pastor is arrested.
(b) H takes a tour of the fire station.
(c) Morio is called up to work in a factory.
(d) Toshiko is investigated because of her religious beliefs.

11. Why are H and Yoshiko going on a train?
(a) To visit their cousin.
(b) To see an exhibition.
(c) To visit their grandparents.
(d) To witness a religious event.

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

13. Who is rescued by a German military unit?
(a) Toshiko.
(b) Prime Minister Tojo.
(c) Hitler.
(d) Mussolini.

14. Why is Uncle Hadano unable to go home?
(a) The road is blocked with a herd of cattle.
(b) The bridge has washed out.
(c) His bicycle has a flat tire.
(d) His home has washed away with the flood.

15. Why does Toshiko want her children to learn how to use silverware?
(a) Toshiko does not want her children to feel awkward when using cutlery.
(b) All of Toshiko's friends use silverware, and she wants to fit in.
(c) Silverware is more hygienic.
(d) Silverware is easier to wash.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is forbidden on the train?

2. Why does H want to go to a doctor instead of a bone setter?

3. What is stopping Japan from scheduling the Olympics at the same time as the anniversary celebration?

4. Why is Morio's apprentice, Shige, crying when H returns home from school one day?

5. What does H decide to start a business doing?

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