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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does H do at his new job?
(a) Paints houses.
(b) Draws portraits.
(c) Paints signs.
(d) Designs uniforms.

2. In the Kobe General Election, for which party is Sanzo Nosaka running?
(a) The Japanese Progressive Party.
(b) The People's Party.
(c) The Communist Party.
(d) The Liberal Democratic Party.

3. Why isn't H allowed into the hospital?
(a) Patients and black marketeers have been trading goods.
(b) There have been complaints about H.
(c) Visiting hours are over.
(d) There has been an influenza outbreak.

4. After the bombing of Hiroshima, which country declares war on Japan?
(a) Italy.
(b) The Soviet Union.
(c) Korea.
(d) Vietnam.

5. To which organization are H and his classmates assigned to work?
(a) The Water Board.
(b) City waste removal.
(c) The railway company.
(d) Toshiba Electrical.

6. What does H realize about himself in chapter 48?
(a) H is tougher than he thought.
(b) H has the flu.
(c) H is spiritually sick.
(d) H is happy living on his own.

7. What does H's family win?
(a) An education grant.
(b) An automobile.
(c) Food coupons.
(d) A housing lottery.

8. Where do Toshiko and H go when they move out of the Church?
(a) To the school.
(b) To Tokyo.
(c) To Korea to stay with Kaneda.
(d) To join Yoshiko in Hiroshima.

9. What is no longer published in newspapers?
(a) Obituaries.
(b) Weather reports.
(c) Advertisements.
(d) Reports on raids.

10. What declaration is presented to Japan by the Americans?
(a) The Roosevelt Declaration.
(b) The Potsdam Declaration.
(c) The Truman Declaration.
(d) The Versailles Declaration.

11. Where does Hayashi and his family evacuate to?
(a) Osaka.
(b) Toyooka.
(c) Nagoya.
(d) Fukuoka.

12. What does H decide to study?
(a) Tailoring.
(b) English.
(c) Art.
(d) Science.

13. Where does Mr. Naito live?
(a) On a boat.
(b) Next door to H's family.
(c) In a hotel.
(d) In a classroom.

14. What is worrying H in Chapter 47?
(a) The Senoh's financial situation.
(b) H's own unstable emotions.
(c) The thought that his situation will never improve.
(d) The presence of the occupational forces.

15. Upon H's return to Kobe, what has happened to the Second Middle School?
(a) The school has become a medical center.
(b) The school has burned down.
(c) The school has become a high school.
(d) The school has become a factory.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character works for the newspaper?

2. What is something H has always wanted to try?

3. How does H learn lettering?

4. According to a student at H's school, what will happen on June 5th?

5. What does Mrs. Tazaki want to swap her sweet potatoes for?

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