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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. Why does the owner of the noodle restaurant give H and his mother a free meal?
(a) H and his mother are regular customers.
(b) H does a trick for the restaurant owner.
(c) H offers advice that improves a dish.
(d) H and his mother look hungry and poor.

2. Who is responsible for the Japanese language changes?
(a) National defence.
(b) Education Ministry.
(c) Religious unions.
(d) Japanese military.

3. In Chapter 23, What does H do instead of studying?
(a) Play outside.
(b) Read the newspaper.
(c) Spy on the neighbors.
(d) Build model airplanes.

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

5. What does H think of Mr. Chin?
(a) H dislikes Mr. Chin because his restaurant serves strange food.
(b) H thinks he is an enemy of Japan.
(c) H likes Mr. Chin because he gives H free fortune cookies.
(d) H respects Mr. Chin and does not think of him as a "chink."

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens on H's eleventh birthday?

2. Why is H expelled from the riding club?

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

4. Why does H believe Germany is not to be trusted?

5. What puzzles H about his teacher?

Short Essay Questions

1. Is H's new job in Chapter 50 a good fit for him?

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

3. Why does H suspect that the Japanese army is the real enemy?

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

5. What evidence of H's fragile emotional state do we see in chapter 47?

6. Who is Noodles?

7. What is the purpose of the bucket brigades?

8. What activities are part of the rifle club?

9. What is H's attitude towards school attendance?

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

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