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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. When the war begins, what does the country become?
(a) Frightened.
(b) Wealthy.
(c) Stoic.
(d) Scared.
2. In order to appear masculine, what does the narrator convince his female cousins to do?
(a) Kill a bird.
(b) Cliff dive.
(c) Shoot at a soldier.
(d) Play war.
3. What subject is the narrator fascinated with as a child?
(a) Health.
(b) Death.
(c) Politics.
(d) Math.
4. What object does the narrator claim to remember from his birth?
(a) The bed.
(b) His father's ring.
(c) The basin.
(d) His mother's necklace.
5. Over the summer, why does the narrator suddenly feel close to Omi?
(a) He grows underarm hair.
(b) There is an article in the paper about Omi.
(c) His mother mentions Omi.
(d) He sees a boy who looks like Omi.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Omi doing when the narrator finds him alone in the schoolyard?
2. What does the narrator liken to a stage play?
3. How old is the narrator when he is first attracted to another man?
4. Why does the narrator masturbate in class?
5. What does the narrator do to celebrate his admiration for the female magician?
Short Essay Questions
1. What impression is left by the narrator's memory of a night-soil man?
2. Describe the narrator's fantasy perception of Omi.
3. Why does the narrator choose not to volunteer as a special cadet?
4. When the narrator writes an essay to analyze his feelings about Reni's "Saint Sebastian," what physical object does the narrator discuss and why?
5. What type of gender influence does the narrator have as a child?
6. What attracts the narrator to the disinterested girl on the bus?
7. Why does the narrator feel he has gone through life fooling not just others, but himself?
8. Over the summer, the narrator realizes his love for Omi may actually be what?
9. What is the reaction of his family when the narrator dresses up as the magician, Tenkatsu?
10. Why is the narrator's opportunity to live with his father cut short?
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