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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. For the narrator, Omi represents the perfect image of what?
(a) Man.
(b) Upper class.
(c) A scholar.
(d) A criminal.
2. What subject is the narrator fascinated with as a child?
(a) Health.
(b) Math.
(c) Death.
(d) Politics.
3. The narrator is concerned his lack of interest in women stems from what?
(a) Superiority.
(b) Creative expression.
(c) Laziness.
(d) A test of the soul.
4. What position do most of the boys at school volunteer for during the war?
(a) Special forces.
(b) War warriors.
(c) Special cadet.
(d) Junior leagues.
5. Who scolds the narrator for claiming to remember his birth?
(a) Grandfather.
(b) Grandmother.
(c) Omi.
(d) Mother.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the narrator try to learn from others?
2. From what illness does the narrator suffer?
3. With whom is the narrator typically allowed to play as a child?
4. What type of physical affection did the narrator once receive from Sumiko?
5. When is the narrator's birthday?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the grandmother affected when the narrator moves in with his father?
2. What sickness does the narrator suffer from and how does it affect him?
3. Why is the narrator unable to participate in gym class the day that Omi demonstrates how to use the bars?
4. What physical actions does the narrator take in order to appear to be tough?
5. Over the summer, the narrator realizes his love for Omi may actually be what?
6. Who was Sebastian of Reni's "Saint Sebastian"?
7. Why do adults seem concerned at the narrator's insistence that he remembers his birth?
8. Why does the narrator begin drinking and smoking?
9. What is the reaction of his family when the narrator dresses up as the magician, Tenkatsu?
10. When the other boys are impressed with the narrator's crass remarks about sex, how does the narrator feel?
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