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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, pages 183-218.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator incite a feeling of superiority around his classmates?
(a) Proving his intelligence.
(b) Showing off his money.
(c) Crude remarks.
(d) Taking medication.

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

3. What does the narrator swear off, after witnessing Omi on the gym bars?
(a) Gym class.
(b) Love.
(c) Physical fitness.
(d) Sex.

4. How does the narrator accidentally avoid the draft?
(a) He gets a bad cold.
(b) His brother runs the draft.
(c) Omi runs the draft.
(d) He is late for his appointment.

5. What confusing emotion does the narrator feel around Sonoko?
(a) Disinterest.
(b) Grief.
(c) Desire.
(d) Anger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What photograph is the narrator obsessed with as a child?

2. On what popular playground toy do Omi and the narrator battle?

3. What does the narrator feel like when the narrator imagines kissing Sonoko?

4. After witnessing Omi on the gym bars, what does the narrator feel for him?

5. When the narrator returns to school in Chapter 3, what health ailment does he fake?

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