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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 is the rumor going around the school in Chapter 26?
(a) English language classes will no longer be taught in schools.
(b) The school will close down to prepare for impending air raids.
(c) The rifle club with disband.
(d) Instructor Tamori will be retiring at the end of the school year.

2. What rationed item is H annoyed by?
(a) Paper.
(b) Pencils.
(c) Buttons.
(d) Matches.

3. Why does Toshiko think that Shige-san is not qualified for the apprenticeship?
(a) Shige-san is known to be a lazy and irresponsible worker.
(b) Shige-san acts inappropriately towards Toshiko when Moiro is not around.
(c) Shige-san is very poor at math, and is unable to perform the simplist calculations.
(d) Shige-san has a bad leg and his body tilts to one side when he walks.

4. Who dies in Chapter 24?
(a) Morio.
(b) Furuta.
(c) Admiral Yamamoto.
(d) Kamikera.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Instructor Tamori's job?

2. What is the rumor going around H's school?

3. What rule of his mothers is H embarrassed about?

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

5. According to Tamori, why should H's parents stop being Christians?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Does H care about school?

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

5. H's emotional state is unstable. What does he like to do to cheer himself up?

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

7. What signs of a deteriorating economy are evident in Chapter 15?

8. What are war bonds?

9. What does Toshiko struggle with in Chapter 19?

10. What changes are happening at H's school?

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