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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What change are the Americans planning for Japanese schools?
(a) To introduce American-style uniforms.
(b) To make schools co-educational.
(c) To make classes smaller.
(d) To have classes taught in English.

2. According to a student at H's school, what will happen on June 5th?
(a) The school factory will close.
(b) Kobe will be evacuated.
(c) An air raid.
(d) A town festival.

3. Why does Morio quit his job at the fire station?
(a) To find a better paying job.
(b) To return to tailoring.
(c) He does not quit, he is fired.
(d) To work at the newspaper.

4. In Chapter 36, how do H and George get their clothing filthy?
(a) By fighting in the school yard.
(b) By jumping out of a window into a dirty alleyway.
(c) By rummaging through the ashes of burned buildings.
(d) By falling into the muddy river.

5. What one item do H and Toshiko take with them from their burning home?
(a) H's favorite book.
(b) Toshiko's cook book.
(c) Yoshiko's baby quilt.
(d) Morio's sewing machine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does H do with his 10 yen grant?

2. What do the boys agree should be done with the rifles?

3. To which organization are H and his classmates assigned to work?

4. What two things does H realize have gone unchanged by the war?

5. Why is it suggested Prime Minister Tojo is a disgrace?

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