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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is zosui?
(a) H's favorite dessert.
(b) The name of the non-aggression pact between Germany and Japan.
(c) A kind of porridge of rice and vegetables.
(d) A Japanese spy.

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

3. Why do H and Shingo get off the streetcar one stop early?
(a) H and Shingo don't want to be seen by their neighbors.
(b) H and Shingo enjoy walking.
(c) H and Shingo want to eat some noodles.
(d) H and Shingo want to visit their friend.

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

5. Why is the English language banned?
(a) To promote the proper usage of Japanese in schools.
(b) English is difficult to read.
(c) Englishmen are traders.
(d) It violates the spirit of the time.

6. What wakes H and his friends up from their slumber?
(a) An angry Instructor Tamori.
(b) H's mother.
(c) A hail storm.
(d) An air raid alert.

7. Why does H return to the gas station after reporting what he saw?
(a) H doesn't want Girly Boy to be left alone.
(b) H is worried that someone will find Girly Boy and do harm to his body.
(c) H needs to show the police where the body is.
(d) H needs to retrieve his bag that he dropped after discovering the body.

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

9. Why does Kaneda leave?
(a) Kaneda is homesick and decides to return to Korea.
(b) Toshiko won't stop badgering Kaneda into accepting the "love of Christ."
(c) Kaneda misunderstands Toshiko's intentions.
(d) Kaneda is tired of being called a "Chosen" by everyone.

10. What will happen if more bombs are dropped?
(a) The newspapers will finally tell the truth.
(b) Morio will protest in the streets.
(c) H and his family will move to the country.
(d) The number of fires will increase.

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

12. Who dies in Chapter 24?
(a) Kamikera.
(b) Morio.
(c) Admiral Yamamoto.
(d) Furuta.

13. Why does Morio want to become a fireman?
(a) To impress his wife.
(b) To avoid being forced to work in a factory.
(c) To help his neighbors in a more heroic way.
(d) To gain more meaning in his life.

14. What does the vice-principal say when H asks why students are not allowed to look at the photographs of the Emperor and Empress at school?
(a) The vice-principal tells H that the Emperor and Empress are too important to be looked at directly.
(b) The vice-principal tells H that the students should look to the Emperor with their hearts, not their eyes.
(c) The vice-principal tells H that the Emperor is a living god.
(d) The vice-principal tells H to stop asking questions.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Instructor Tamori's job?

2. What does H tell people will happen if they look in the box at the amusement park?

3. What happens on H's eleventh birthday?

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

5. Why does H lurk outside the movie theater instead of going inside?

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