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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25 | Chapter 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does H find it odd that Uncle Hadano is building an air raid shelter under their home?
(a) Uncle Hadano's shelter is big enough for their family.
(b) If the house collapses from a bomb, they would be trapped.
(c) Kobe will never be bombed.
(d) The war is over.

2. Why does the owner of the noodle restaurant give H and his mother a free meal?
(a) H offers advice that improves a dish.
(b) H does a trick for the restaurant owner.
(c) H and his mother are regular customers.
(d) H and his mother look hungry and poor.

3. What does H tell people will happen if they look in the box at the amusement park?
(a) Someone will kick them from behind.
(b) They will get a heart attack.
(c) Their wish will come true.
(d) They will spread trachoma.

4. What happens on December 8th?
(a) Japan and America sign a peace treaty.
(b) Japan attacks Pearl Harbor.
(c) America attacks Kobe.
(d) America attacks Hiroshima.

5. What does H decide to start a business doing?
(a) Decorating the "flower cars" with his drawings in exchange for free rides.
(b) Drawing portraits of people at the anniversary celebration.
(c) Exchanging pictures of "flower cars" with whatever he can get.
(d) Stealing matches and selling them to his friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the rumor going around the school in Chapter 26?

2. Why does H disapprove of people being anti-British?

3. Why does Toshiko not want to buy the gas masks?

4. What puzzles H about his teacher?

5. Why is Morio's apprentice, Shige, crying when H returns home from school one day?

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