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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hayashi warn H not to do?
(a) H should not count the number of railroad cars.
(b) H should not read any English books.
(c) H should not sketch pictures of soldiers.
(d) H should not go home past curfew.

2. What is Instructor Tamori's job?
(a) Military trainer.
(b) English teacher.
(c) Head of the rifle club.
(d) Homeroom teacher.

3. Why is Mr. Suzuki happy when he reaches the boys in the boat?
(a) The boys have impressed Mr. Suzuki with their boating skills.
(b) The boys caught seven fish for dinner.
(c) Mr. Suzuki's boat is not ruined.
(d) The boys are all safe.

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

5. What puzzles H about his teacher?
(a) H's teacher never loses his temper.
(b) H's teacher did not tell his mother about the lie he told.
(c) H's teacher gives him good grades no matter what.
(d) H's teacher is lazier than his students.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is forbidden on the train?

2. Why does the owner of the noodle restaurant give H and his mother a free meal?

3. According to Toshiko, why will Moiro most likely not receive his call-up papers?

4. Why is H expelled from the riding club?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What evidence of H's fragile emotional state do we see in chapter 47?

2. Should Toshiko allow H to read books besides the Bible?

3. Why is Yasuo's father not angry when the boys take the boat?

4. What does Toshiko do to promote Christianity in her home?

5. What does Toshiko struggle with in Chapter 19?

6. Why do H's parents send him and his sister to their grandparents' house?

7. Who is Noodles?

8. How does H turn a bad situation into a good one in Chapter 13?

9. What is the purpose of the bucket brigades?

10. What is the Tripartite Alliance? According to Morio, how could it make things worse for Japan?

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