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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 do H and his friends do when "words of enemy origin" are not allowed?
(a) Use substitute words.
(b) Use the words anyways.
(c) Hold a protest.
(d) Rat out classmates who don't follow the rules.

2. What does H tell people will happen if they look in the box at the amusement park?
(a) They will spread trachoma.
(b) They will get a heart attack.
(c) Their wish will come true.
(d) Someone will kick them from behind.

3. Why are H and Yoshiko going on a train?
(a) To visit their grandparents.
(b) To witness a religious event.
(c) To visit their cousin.
(d) To see an exhibition.

4. What does public opinion think of the possibility of war with America?
(a) It will never happen.
(b) It has already started.
(c) It is inevitable.
(d) It might happen.

5. Why does H lurk outside the movie theater instead of going inside?
(a) H never has enough money to see a film.
(b) H's mother told him never to go into the theater.
(c) H isn't interested in watching movies.
(d) H doesn't want to run into Girly Boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the English language banned?

2. What will happen if more bombs are dropped?

3. Who is Kamikera?

4. How does H deal with all the new censorship and laws?

5. After seeing the condition of his grandparents home, how does H feel?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Morio, why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?

2. What does Toshiko struggle with in Chapter 19?

3. Why does H doubt that the emperor is a god?

4. What is the purpose of the bucket brigades?

5. Was H wounded in the war?

6. Of all the things in the house, including his precious books, why does H try to save his father's sewing machine?

7. Why does the war feel closer to H in Kobe than it does at his grandparents' home?

8. Why is Japan continuing with the anniversary celebration despite the ongoing war with China?

9. How does H show his poor judgment in Chapter 28?

10. How are H and Mrs. Tazaki different?

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