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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following phrases were printed in the Japanese-English Conversation Manual?
(a) Thank you, awfully.
(b) Blimely, where are we?
(c) Give my love to the queen.
(d) Looky here.

2. What country does Viktor receive a visa for on March 1, 1939?
(a) USA.
(b) Japan.
(c) Britain.
(d) China.

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

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

5. What instrument does Henrik de Waal play?
(a) Fiddle.
(b) Guitar.
(c) Violin.
(d) Trumpet.

6. Which country do the Ephrussi go to for their long month away?
(a) Switzerland.
(b) Britain.
(c) Germany.
(d) USA.

7. Who wrote the novel, "The Radetzky March"?
(a) Thomas Mann.
(b) Beatrice Potter.
(c) Gustav Springer.
(d) Joseph Roth.

8. By what name was James Morris later called?
(a) Jan Morris.
(b) Patra Yearly.
(c) Frank Morris.
(d) Gay Talese.

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

10. Who was appointed the German Chancellor in 1933?
(a) Heller.
(b) Bismarck.
(c) Schiller.
(d) Hitler.

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

12. What subject at school does the author say Iggy is not good at?
(a) Math.
(b) English.
(c) Geography.
(d) History.

13. Who occupied Japan after the Second World War?
(a) West Germany.
(b) Britain.
(c) USSR.
(d) USA.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Thomas and travel to last time they traveled together?

2. What does the author hope the netsuke will open for him?

3. What is the title of Chapter 20?

4. Who had bombed Tokyo for three years?

5. What did the Japanese call the make-up clad girls who used to go with American soldiers?

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