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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator find attractive about Sumiko?

2. What weapon is used to kill Sebastian for good?

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

4. After Omi is expelled, the narrator dreams of doing what to a classmate?

5. What about Omi begins to bother the narrator?

Short Essay Questions

1. When the other boys are impressed with the narrator's crass remarks about sex, how does the narrator feel?

2. Over the summer, the narrator realizes his love for Omi may actually be what?

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

4. Why does the prince in the Hungarian fairy tale upset the narrator?

5. What attracts the narrator to soldiers as a youth?

6. Why does the narrator begin drinking and smoking?

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

8. When Omi and the narrator lock eyes during a game of "King of the Hill," what does the narrator imagine has taken place?

9. Why does the narrator feel he has gone through life fooling not just others, but himself?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When the narrator ends his relationship with Sonoko, he continues to be haunted by her. Write a brief essay examining how the physical aspect of love interferes with the emotional love he feels for her.

Essay Topic 2

The war changes the country of Japan and those who experienced it.

1) Describe the country as it was before the war.

2) Explain how the war changes the people of Japan.

3) Explain how the war changes the narrator.

Essay Topic 3

Although the narrator fears death, the life he lives is not his own. Write an essay supporting the argument that the narrator lives as though he is already dead.

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