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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. According to H, what is the purpose of the news reports?
(a) To confuse the reader.
(b) To pass on accurate information.
(c) To build national morale.
(d) To make the enemy look bad.

2. What does the Gokoku Shrine contain?
(a) The spirit of the war dead.
(b) The crosses taken down from all the churches.
(c) The personal effects of deceased soldiers.
(d) The spirit of the Kobe ancestors.

3. Why do the police take Morio in for questioning?
(a) Morio is caught spying from the roof of the fire station.
(b) Morio refused to purchase a gas mask.
(c) Morio did business with American and British people prior to the war.
(d) Morio stole some rationed goods.

4. What does H learn during his summer?
(a) How to steer a boat.
(b) The Hiroshima dialect.
(c) A Japanese war secret.
(d) How to mend socks.

5. Why does H finally decide to join the rifle club?
(a) H wants to be best friends with Furuta.
(b) H wants protection from Tamori.
(c) H wants to learn how to protect his family.
(d) H is bored.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Mr. Suzuki happy when he reaches the boys in the boat?

2. How does Yoshiko feel when her brother finds her with the middle-aged woman?

3. In Chapter 23, What does H do instead of studying?

4. What is considered "un-Japanese" at school?

5. What is the Hoanden?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does H trying a cigarette for the first time symbolize?

2. What terrible event occurs in chapter 39?

3. What scares H at the campaign speech?

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

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

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

7. Did H make the right decision by returning to Kobe?

8. 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?

9. How are H and Mrs. Tazaki different?

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

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