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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 43.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the principal tell the students to avoid?
(a) Making eye contact with American soldiers.
(b) The burned-out ruins of buildings.
(c) Actions that may be considered rude or defiant.
(d) Swimming in the river.

2. What is considered "un-Japanese" at school?
(a) Singing German music.
(b) Wearing clothes that is not made out of khaki.
(c) Talking about America or Britain.
(d) Learning about foreign cultures.

3. What two sports are banned?
(a) Soccer and Karate.
(b) Tennis and baseball.
(c) Badminton and Swimming.
(d) Basketball and Squash.

4. When are the occupational forces scheduled to arrive in Kobe?
(a) September 24th.
(b) Christmas Day.
(c) March 18th.
(d) H's birthday.

5. What wakes H and his friends up from their slumber?
(a) H's mother.
(b) A hail storm.
(c) An air raid alert.
(d) An angry Instructor Tamori.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tamori's wife supposedly do?

2. Why are the clubs being disbanded?

3. What happens on H's eleventh birthday?

4. What is zosui?

5. What are octopus pots also known as?

(see the answer key)

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