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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 forbidden on the train?
(a) Bringing your own food on the train.
(b) Looking out the window at the scenery.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Talking to others.

2. 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 join his mother at Church every morning for prayer.
(c) H must finish his milk before he can go out and play.
(d) H must go home directly from school before going to the beach.

3. Why does H find it odd that Uncle Hadano is building an air raid shelter under their home?
(a) The war is over.
(b) Kobe will never be bombed.
(c) If the house collapses from a bomb, they would be trapped.
(d) Uncle Hadano's shelter is big enough for their family.

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

5. Who is rescued by a German military unit?
(a) Prime Minister Tojo.
(b) Mussolini.
(c) Hitler.
(d) Toshiko.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the rumor going around the school in Chapter 26?

2. Why do H and Shingo get off the streetcar one stop early?

3. What happens on H's birthday?

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

5. What rationed item is H annoyed by?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What changes occur in Kobe in preparation for the American forces?

3. According to Morio, why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?

4. Who is Noodles?

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

6. What is the Tripartite Alliance? According to Morio, how could it make things worse for Japan?

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

8. In what way do we again see H's resourcefulness in chapter 44?

9. Why does H respect Instructor Hisakado?

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

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