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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 rule of his mothers is H embarrassed about?
(a) H must read the Bible for an hour as soon as he returns from school.
(b) H must go home directly from school before going to the beach.
(c) H must join his mother at Church every morning for prayer.
(d) H must finish his milk before he can go out and play.

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

3. What is zosui?
(a) The name of the non-aggression pact between Germany and Japan.
(b) H's favorite dessert.
(c) A kind of porridge of rice and vegetables.
(d) A Japanese spy.

4. What did Tamori's wife supposedly do?
(a) Spy on the Japanese military.
(b) Have an affair while Tamori was away.
(c) Refuse to wear the National Dress.
(d) Steal food rations from her neigbors.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does H return to the gas station after reporting what he saw?

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

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

4. Who is Kamikera?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why would some Japanese people believe that America is a savage country?

3. Why does H respect Instructor Hisakado?

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

5. 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?

6. What do the soldier's straw sandals lead H to conclude?

7. How does H show compassion for his friend Girly Boy?

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

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

10. How does Toshiko help the stranded flood victims?

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