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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Yoshiko take the broken fork?
(a) Yoshiko wants to impress her mother by doing something nice.
(b) Yoshiko thinks H should not have to use a broken fork.
(c) Yoshiko is scared of her brother.
(d) Yoshiko secretly uses chopsticks, so it doesn't matter to her what fork she is given.

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

4. 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 does a trick for the restaurant owner.
(c) H offers advice that improves a dish.
(d) H and his mother look hungry and poor.

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

6. What is the hardest drill?
(a) The butterfly.
(b) The bellycrawl.
(c) The torpedo.
(d) The pushup run.

7. 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 gain more meaning in his life.
(d) To help his neighbors in a more heroic way.

8. Why does H find it odd that Uncle Hadano is building an air raid shelter under their home?
(a) Uncle Hadano's shelter is big enough for their family.
(b) Kobe will never be bombed.
(c) If the house collapses from a bomb, they would be trapped.
(d) The war is over.

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

10. What does a record with a red label indicate?
(a) It is a religious record.
(b) It is a special edition.
(c) It is made in America.
(d) It is made in China.

11. Where does Ishizuka live?
(a) Above a bookstore.
(b) Behind the school.
(c) Next door.
(d) In a dorm.

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

13. Why is Morio's apprentice, Shige, crying when H returns home from school one day?
(a) Morio yelled at Shige for measuring a garment incorrectly.
(b) Morio has decided to let Shige go.
(c) Shige has been called up to the army.
(d) Shige pricked his fingers with a sewing needle.

14. In Chapter 23, What does H do instead of studying?
(a) Read the newspaper.
(b) Play outside.
(c) Build model airplanes.
(d) Spy on the neighbors.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does H run away when he hears tambourines and drums approaching?

2. What happens on H's eleventh birthday?

3. Why is H embarrassed in the doctor's waiting room?

4. What is the rumor going around the school in Chapter 26?

5. Why does Toshiko not want to buy the gas masks?

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