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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, pages 126-153.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does the university postpone classes during the Allied-raids?
(a) Twenty-four hours.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) They do not postpone classes.
(d) One month.

2. What impression does the narrator have of Omi after meeting him alone in the schoolyard?
(a) He is mean.
(b) He is lonely.
(c) He is tough.
(d) He is brave.

3. From what does Katakura die?
(a) A broken heart.
(b) Anemia.
(c) Yellow fever.
(d) Tuberculosis.

4. At the school, who knows why Omi has been expelled?
(a) Omi's brother.
(b) The janitor.
(c) The teachers.
(d) The narrator.

5. What first attracts the narrator to Kusano's sister?
(a) The color of her skin.
(b) Her teeth.
(c) Her poetry recitation.
(d) Her piano playing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Yakumo when the narrator first becomes attracted to him?

2. What becomes popular with the boys when the country goes to war?

3. Who reveals the identity of the figure in the photograph to the narrator?

4. After Omi is expelled, the narrator's fantasies mentally play out in what location?

5. During the war, what does the school administration have the boys do?

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