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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For which bird is H's workplace named?
(a) The dove.
(b) The raven.
(c) The phoenix.
(d) The crane.

2. How does H feel about living at the Church?
(a) H feels inspired.
(b) H feels lucky.
(c) H feels at home.
(d) H feels uneasy and uncomfortable.

3. To whom do the boys compare Instructor Tamori?
(a) Prime Minister Tojo.
(b) Uncle Hadano.
(c) H's favorite God.
(d) The Emperor.

4. What one item do H and Toshiko take with them from their burning home?
(a) Yoshiko's baby quilt.
(b) Toshiko's cook book.
(c) Morio's sewing machine.
(d) H's favorite book.

5. What does H decide to study?
(a) Art.
(b) Tailoring.
(c) Science.
(d) English.

6. Why does H often get beaten up?
(a) For dressing oddly.
(b) For causing trouble for others.
(c) For voicing his opinions.
(d) For insulting classmates.

7. How does H decide to help with his family's financial problems?
(a) By moving out of the apartment.
(b) By working part-time at a noodle shop.
(c) By selling sketches to soldiers.
(d) By searching debris for valuables.

8. Which country announces its surrender?
(a) China.
(b) Italy.
(c) Germany.
(d) The Soviet Union.

9. Why does Morio quit his job at the fire station?
(a) To find a better paying job.
(b) To work at the newspaper.
(c) To return to tailoring.
(d) He does not quit, he is fired.

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

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

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

13. What does H believe he sees circling above the ruins of his home?
(a) Ashes
(b) White doves.
(c) White butterflies.
(d) Dragonflies.

14. Why should H be patient with the children next door?
(a) The children's father died in the war.
(b) The neighbors' apartment is even more crowded than his.
(c) H was young once too.
(d) Patience is the Christian way.

15. Who arranges H's first paying job?
(a) Mr. Naito.
(b) Koiso.
(c) Morio.
(d) Uncle Hadano.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Morio during the bombing?

2. Why isn't H allowed into the hospital?

3. Why doesn't Sugita want the rifles given to the Americans?

4. What is H's first confirmation that the war is over?

5. Who is assigned to clean up the city's bombsites?

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