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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only color Evelina wears?
(a) White.
(b) Red.
(c) Blue.
(d) Black.

2. Who does Germany declare war on on the 1st of August?
(a) France.
(b) Austria.
(c) Russia.
(d) Britain.

3. In which city did Henrik de Waal grow up?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Paris.
(c) London.
(d) Amsterdam.

4. What did Tomokazu excel in making?
(a) Book covers.
(b) Origami figures.
(c) Clay pots.
(d) Netsuke animal figures.

5. What did many Japanese men have to wear after the war?
(a) Their army uniforms.
(b) Their kimonos.
(c) Their gowns.
(d) Their swimming costumes.

6. Who is Elisabeth named after?
(a) A psychologist.
(b) An empress.
(c) A writer.
(d) A queen.

7. Why didn't the critics like netsuke?
(a) They thought they had no color.
(b) They thought they were too delicate.
(c) They thought they were overdone.
(d) They thought no effort went into making them.

8. What country does Viktor help his cousins get to?
(a) Czechosloovakia.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Britain.
(d) Russia.

9. Why kind of parties did Iggy find very boring?
(a) Geisha parties.
(b) Go Go parties.
(c) Peep Show parties.
(d) Family parties.

10. Why is it seen as dishonorable when Germany invaded Belgium?
(a) It is a neutral country.
(b) It supports the Germans.
(c) It has no government.
(d) It is in poverty.

11. What did Jiro's grandfather make his fortune from?
(a) Netsuke.
(b) Paintings.
(c) Brita.
(d) Geta.

12. Who is heir to the Hapsburg Empire in 1914?
(a) Franz Ferdinand.
(b) Thomas Mann.
(c) Jan Heckeroth.
(d) Joseph Heller.

13. What does the author call the woman cleaning the steps at the Sushi restaurant?
(a) Mrs. X.
(b) Miss. Peabody.
(c) Mrs. Yukami.
(d) Mrs. Y.

14. How is Elisabeth related to the author?
(a) His second cousin.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His mother.
(d) His cousin.

15. What was the name of the theater in Tokyo where American soldiers could watch films?
(a) Groucho Marx.
(b) Ernie Pyle.
(c) Kennedy.
(d) Eisenhauer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 34?

2. Which of the following phrases were printed in the Japanese-English Conversation Manual?

3. What do Mussolini, Chamberlain and Daladier sign on September 30th?

4. What did Iggy visit for the first time in October 1947?

5. What product are people in Vienna most in need of in the autumn of 1914?

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