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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. How does the school announce Omi's expulsion?
(a) At an assembly.
(b) A PA announcement.
(c) They do not reveal his expulsion.
(d) A posted notice.

2. At what age does the narrator hit puberty?
(a) 12.
(b) 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 15.

3. What smell does the narrator associate with soldiers?
(a) Steel.
(b) Blood.
(c) Sweat.
(d) Motor oil.

4. In the essay his later self deems as false, what does the narrator trick himself into believing?
(a) He is smart.
(b) He is happy.
(c) He is healthy.
(d) He is someone others admire.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Over the summer, why does the narrator suddenly feel close to Omi?

2. After Omi is expelled, what type of fantasies does the narrator indulge in?

3. As a child, the narrator fantasizes that who wants to kill him?

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

5. The narrator chooses not to speak to Yakumo because he is ashamed of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the narrator unable to participate in gym class the day that Omi demonstrates how to use the bars?

2. What is the reaction of his family when the narrator dresses up as the magician, Tenkatsu?

3. Why does the narrator choose not to volunteer as a special cadet?

4. Who was Sebastian of Reni's "Saint Sebastian"?

5. What impression is left by the narrator's memory of a night-soil man?

6. How does the narrator feel about the prospect of grabbing Omi during a game of Dirty?

7. Why do adults seem concerned at the narrator's insistence that he remembers his birth?

8. Describe the outfits the boys have to wear to school on "ceremony day"?

9. What type of gender influence does the narrator have as a child?

10. Why does the narrator believe that his lack of interest in women may have to do with laziness?

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