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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, pages 61-100.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is it ironic that the narrator cannot swim?
(a) He is an expert diver.
(b) He loves the ocean.
(c) His mother teaches him every year.
(d) Omi is the swimming champion.

2. What about Omi begins to bother the narrator?
(a) His attraction to women.
(b) His lisp.
(c) His disinterest in the narrator.
(d) His physical perfection.

3. What does the narrator do to celebrate his admiration for the female magician?
(a) Writes her a love poem.
(b) Dresses up as her.
(c) Sings her a song.
(d) Sends her roses.

4. Why does the narrator masturbate in class?
(a) He does it on a dare.
(b) He is bored.
(c) He is attracted to his teacher.
(d) He wants to get expelled.

5. As a boy, what does the narrator associate with the idea of love?
(a) Man.
(b) Woman.
(c) Marriage.
(d) All of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Reni's "Saint Sebastian" cause the narrator to do for the first time?

2. What do the boys at school believe about Omi?

3. What type of visual pornography does the narrator hide at his home?

4. What word does the narrator use to describe the occupation of a night-soil man?

5. Before encountering Omi alone in the schoolyard, what does the narrator believe about Omi?

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