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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. How does H afford to buy oyatsu?
(a) He steals oyatsu from the sweetshop.
(b) He steals money from his mother's purse.
(c) He does chores for his father, who in turn gives him an allowance.
(d) He trades the candy given to him by his mother with candy his friends buy from the sweetshop.

2. According to Morio, who caused the flood?
(a) The Chinese.
(b) Human beings.
(c) God.
(d) The Devil.

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

4. Who dies in Chapter 24?
(a) Furuta.
(b) Kamikera.
(c) Morio.
(d) Admiral Yamamoto.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the rumor going around H's school?

2. Why does H run away when he hears tambourines and drums approaching?

3. Who is responsible for the Japanese language changes?

4. What does Tan Wantanabe teach?

5. What does H tell people will happen if they look in the box at the amusement park?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. Was H wounded in the war?

5. What does Toshiko do to promote Christianity in her home?

6. Why does the war feel closer to H in Kobe than it does at his grandparents' home?

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

8. What activities are part of the rifle club?

9. Does H care about school?

10. What terrible event occurs in chapter 39?

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