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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. With whom is the narrator typically allowed to play as a child?
(a) The neighborhood girls.
(b) No one.
(c) The soldiers on duty.
(d) The neighborhood boys.

2. What is the objective of the graphic game the boys play with each other?
(a) To pull each other's hair.
(b) To push someone down the stairs.
(c) To grab each other's crotch.
(d) To get lots of girls.

3. In what year does the narrator graduate from high school?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1944.

4. In what city was the narrator born?
(a) Kyoto.
(b) Kobe.
(c) Tokyo.
(d) Osaka.

5. During the narrator's visit to see Kusano, the narrator sees Sonoko as what?
(a) Cold and aloof.
(b) Protective armor.
(c) A girl seeking marriage.
(d) A clingy girlfriend.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. While kissing Chieko, who does the narrator fantasize about?

3. What does the narrator plan to do once he leaves school?

4. For the narrator, Omi represents the perfect image of what?

5. After Omi is expelled, the narrator's fantasies mentally play out in what location?

(see the answer key)

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