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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the boys agree should be done with the rifles?
(a) The rifles should be used against the American troops.
(b) The rifles should not be used to fight American troops.
(c) The rifles should be destroyed.
(d) The rifles should be handed over to the Americans.

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

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

4. H accompanies a group of students transporting what from Mitsubishi Electric?
(a) Lightbulbs.
(b) Food.
(c) Rifles.
(d) Electrical wires.

5. To which organization are H and his classmates assigned to work?
(a) The Water Board.
(b) The railway company.
(c) City waste removal.
(d) Toshiba Electrical.

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

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

8. What does Morio use to replace the sewing machine's belt?
(a) A rubber band.
(b) Rope.
(c) An old bicycle tire.
(d) A leather belt.

9. What does H realize about himself in chapter 48?
(a) H is tougher than he thought.
(b) H is happy living on his own.
(c) H has the flu.
(d) H is spiritually sick.

10. What spurs H to storm out of the apartment?
(a) His sister draws in his sketchbook.
(b) His mother takes rice to the neighbors.
(c) His parents cancel their newspaper subscription.
(d) His father sells the sewing machine.

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

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

13. What does H's family win?
(a) Food coupons.
(b) A housing lottery.
(c) An education grant.
(d) An automobile.

14. Why isn't H allowed into the hospital?
(a) There has been an influenza outbreak.
(b) Visiting hours are over.
(c) Patients and black marketeers have been trading goods.
(d) There have been complaints about H.

15. What is worrying H in Chapter 47?
(a) The presence of the occupational forces.
(b) The Senoh's financial situation.
(c) The thought that his situation will never improve.
(d) H's own unstable emotions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does H go when he leaves home in Chapter 48?

2. Upon H's return to Kobe, what has happened to the Second Middle School?

3. How can H's family hear what the family next door says?

4. What is something H has always wanted to try?

5. Who do H and Yukawa meet at the armory?

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