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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the rumor going around H's school?
(a) H's family are spies.
(b) H's English teacher is a spy.
(c) The American military is planning an invasion.
(d) The war is over.

2. What does H's father describe his shop as?
(a) A local hangout.
(b) An upscale business.
(c) A meeting place for the secret police.
(d) A run of the mill tailor shop.

3. Why do the police take Morio in for questioning?
(a) Morio is caught spying from the roof of the fire station.
(b) Morio did business with American and British people prior to the war.
(c) Morio refused to purchase a gas mask.
(d) Morio stole some rationed goods.

4. Why does Toshiko think that Shige-san is not qualified for the apprenticeship?
(a) Shige-san has a bad leg and his body tilts to one side when he walks.
(b) Shige-san acts inappropriately towards Toshiko when Moiro is not around.
(c) Shige-san is very poor at math, and is unable to perform the simplist calculations.
(d) Shige-san is known to be a lazy and irresponsible worker.

5. What is the hardest drill?
(a) The butterfly.
(b) The torpedo.
(c) The bellycrawl.
(d) The pushup run.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Yoshiko feel when her brother finds her with the middle-aged woman?

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

3. Who dies in Chapter 24?

4. Why does H find it odd that Uncle Hadano is building an air raid shelter under their home?

5. Why does H finally decide to join the rifle club?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do new members of the riding club at Second Middle School have to do that the older members don't? What do the older members get to do that the new members don't?

2. Why does H doubt that the emperor is a god?

3. Why does H suspect that the Japanese army is the real enemy?

4. Who is Noodles?

5. What scares H at the campaign speech?

6. Is Instructor Tamori a popular teacher at H's school?

7. Should Toshiko allow H to read books besides the Bible?

8. Why does H object to his mother's act of charity in chapter 46?

9. Why would some Japanese people believe that America is a savage country?

10. Is H's new job in Chapter 50 a good fit for him?

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