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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. After seeing the condition of his grandparents home, how does H feel?
(a) Impressed.
(b) Disappointed.
(c) Scared.
(d) Guilty.

2. What happens on December 8th?
(a) America attacks Kobe.
(b) Japan attacks Pearl Harbor.
(c) Japan and America sign a peace treaty.
(d) America attacks Hiroshima.

3. What is considered "un-Japanese" at school?
(a) Learning about foreign cultures.
(b) Singing German music.
(c) Wearing clothes that is not made out of khaki.
(d) Talking about America or Britain.

4. What is Japan experiencing a shortage of?
(a) Rifles.
(b) Farm equipment.
(c) Tin.
(d) Cotton.

5. Why do H and Shingo get off the streetcar one stop early?
(a) H and Shingo don't want to be seen by their neighbors.
(b) H and Shingo want to visit their friend.
(c) H and Shingo enjoy walking.
(d) H and Shingo want to eat some noodles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is fond of giving "ear twists" to his students?

2. What does Toshiko need to convince her neighbors to do?

3. What do H and his friends do when "words of enemy origin" are not allowed?

4. What is the National Dress Order?

5. Why do the police take Morio in for questioning?

Short Essay Questions

1. Morio spends many days repairing his sewing machine, even though it seems like a lost cause by others. What does this say about Morio's character?

2. In Chapter 17, what changes in lifestyle do H's parents have to make because of the war?

3. What acts of kindness does H experience at the school?

4. What is the purpose of the bucket brigades?

5. In what ways does H's bed wetting embarrass him?

6. What changes occur in Kobe in preparation for the American forces?

7. What good news does H hear in chapter 44?

8. What scares H at the campaign speech?

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

10. Is H taking the right steps toward healing?

(see the answer keys)

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