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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, pages 153-183.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator believe he must hide from others?
(a) His true self.
(b) His financial status.
(c) His intelligence.
(d) His parentage.

2. How does the narrator feel when separated from Sonoko?
(a) Heartbroken.
(b) Lonely.
(c) Free.
(d) Confused.

3. What is the narrator afraid he is incapable of doing, in spite of Sonoko's feelings for him?
(a) Loving a woman.
(b) Opposing the war.
(c) Getting a good job.
(d) Standing up to her brother.

4. What does the narrator feel after noticing the war has changed Kusano?
(a) Impressed.
(b) Jealous.
(c) Irritated.
(d) Frightened.

5. What effect do death and blood have on the narrator during puberty?
(a) They arouse him.
(b) The repulse him.
(c) They haunt him.
(d) They frighten him.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, in what city does the narrator encounter air raid refugees?

2. When Kusano is a soldier, what time does his family have to get up in order to visit with him?

3. Why was the narrator once attracted to a girl on his bus?

4. What is the objective of the graphic game the boys play with each other?

5. When the narrator is around Sonoko, how does he feel?

(see the answer key)

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