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

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

3. What is Instructor Tamori's job?
(a) English teacher.
(b) Head of the rifle club.
(c) Homeroom teacher.
(d) Military trainer.

4. Why does H want to go to a doctor instead of a bone setter?
(a) He just wants to make things difficult for his mother.
(b) H thinks he will lose the use of his arm if he does not see a doctor.
(c) The bone setter has a reputation of being mean to young boys.
(d) The doctor gives out candy to his patients.

5. What happens when Toshiko injures her back during an air raid drill?
(a) Toshiko spends three weeks in hospital.
(b) Association members stop by to check on her and bring sweet buns and candies.
(c) H must take over at the air raid drills.
(d) Morio quits his job at the fire station to look after her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will happen when H turns fifteen?

2. What does public opinion think of the possibility of war with America?

3. What does H's mother make him do everyday before going to school?

4. What does H think of Mr. Chin?

5. What kind of god is Susanowo?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Should Toshiko allow H to read books besides the Bible?

3. Why does H object to his mother's act of charity in chapter 46?

4. What do new members of the riding club at Second Middle School have to do that the older members don't? What do the older members get to do that the new members don't?

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

6. What is Morio bothered by in chapter 45?

7. Why do Mr. Naito and Mr. Matsumoto help H graduate?

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

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

10. Why do the sea and sky make H feel relaxed?

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