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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Upon H's return to Kobe, what has happened to the Second Middle School?
(a) The school has become a medical center.
(b) The school has become a high school.
(c) The school has burned down.
(d) The school has become a factory.

2. Who transforms himself into a nice middle-aged gentleman in a suit?
(a) The vice-principal.
(b) Mr. Tamori.
(c) Morio.
(d) Uncle Hadano.

3. What declaration is presented to Japan by the Americans?
(a) The Versailles Declaration.
(b) The Roosevelt Declaration.
(c) The Potsdam Declaration.
(d) The Truman Declaration.

4. Who is assigned to clean up the city's bombsites?
(a) Students.
(b) Military police.
(c) Civil servants.
(d) All Kobe citizens.

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

6. Why doesn't Sugita want the rifles given to the Americans?
(a) Sugita wants to keep them as souvenirs of the war.
(b) The Americans will use them against the Japanese.
(c) The rifles are a symbol of the rifle club.
(d) The rifles are valuable.

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

8. Why does H return to Kobe?
(a) H's father needs his help in Kobe.
(b) The house in Hiroshima is too crowded.
(c) H doesn't like his school in Hiroshima.
(d) H misses his friends.

9. Why is it suggested Prime Minister Tojo is a disgrace?
(a) He lied to the Japanese people.
(b) He did not commit suicide the day the war ended.
(c) He cheated on his wife.
(d) He embezzled money from the military.

10. Why is it suggested that Morio deserves a medal?
(a) He saves two people from a fire.
(b) He signs up to go to the front.
(c) He turns a neighbor in to the military police.
(d) He captures a runaway American soldier.

11. How does H plan to win the friendship of American troops?
(a) Show them around Kobe.
(b) Run errands for them.
(c) Draw sketches of them for free.
(d) Bring them snacks.

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

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

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

15. What is something H has always wanted to try?
(a) Smoking.
(b) Driving.
(c) Playing a guitar.
(d) Drinking alcohol.

Short Answer Questions

1. What message does Mr. Kawano send to H?

2. What does H realize about himself in chapter 48?

3. Who objects to Toshiko feeding the starving soldier?

4. What does H decide to study?

5. What do H and his friends drop from the roof of the school?

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