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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are the clubs being disbanded?
(a) To avoid suspicion of military training.
(b) The Americans have banned all gatherings.
(c) Students are too busy rebuilding Kobe.
(d) There is no money for club activities.

2. How does H learn lettering?
(a) By copying others' work.
(b) By using newspapers as examples.
(c) By asking his mother for help.
(d) By practicing all night

3. After the end of the war, who replaces the military as the figure of authority?
(a) The local police chief.
(b) The mayor.
(c) The occupational forces.
(d) The American President.

4. During the air raid, where does H go to hide from the enemy plane?
(a) Inside an abandoned building.
(b) Underneath a streetcar.
(c) Behind a concrete water tank.
(d) Under a metal staircase.

5. What do the boys intend to do with the rifle club's rifles?
(a) Throw them in the river.
(b) Hide them in the woods.
(c) Bury them.
(d) Break them.

6. What does H plan to do at the "Hold on Bridge?"
(a) Watch the sunset.
(b) Meet George.
(c) Fish.
(d) Commit suicide.

7. According to a student at H's school, what will happen on June 5th?
(a) The school factory will close.
(b) Kobe will be evacuated.
(c) An air raid.
(d) A town festival.

8. How can H's family hear what the family next door says?
(a) The walls are thin.
(b) The neighbors speak loudly.
(c) The Senoh's apartment is very quiet.
(d) H's family listens through an open window.

9. Why does Mr. Kawano become angry with H?
(a) H turns in a blank test sheet.
(b) H speaks negatively about the Japanese military.
(c) H cuts classes.
(d) H starts an argument with another student.

10. Who do H and Yukawa meet at the armory?
(a) Mr.Tamori.
(b) Sugita.
(c) George.
(d) Sumiyama.

11. What shocks H about the artists he meets?
(a) The amount of money they make.
(b) The amount of alcohol they drink.
(c) Their appearancs.
(d) Their political views.

12. What does the principal tell the students to avoid?
(a) Swimming in the river.
(b) Making eye contact with American soldiers.
(c) Actions that may be considered rude or defiant.
(d) The burned-out ruins of buildings.

13. What is dropped over Kobe from B29 planes?
(a) Anti-American booklets.
(b) Food parcels.
(c) Mustard Gas.
(d) Leaflets announcing the signing of the Potsdam Declaration.

14. Who does Nosaka blame Japan's devastation on?
(a) The Emperor.
(b) The military commanders.
(c) America.
(d) The Japanese people.

15. Where does Mr. Naito live?
(a) On a boat.
(b) In a classroom.
(c) In a hotel.
(d) Next door to H's family.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does H plan to win the friendship of American troops?

2. What does H believe he sees circling above the ruins of his home?

3. Why is it suggested that Morio deserves a medal?

4. What does the American pilot have tucked in his boot?

5. What two things does H realize have gone unchanged by the war?

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