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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. The narrator chooses not to speak to Yakumo because he is ashamed of what?
(a) His clothes.
(b) His hair.
(c) His father.
(d) His body.

2. What type of stories does the narrator like to read as a child?
(a) Science fiction.
(b) Fantasy.
(c) Non-fiction.
(d) Romance novels.

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

4. 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.

5. What weapon is used to kill Sebastian for good?
(a) Clubs.
(b) Guns.
(c) An axe.
(d) Arrows.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who reveals the identity of the figure in the photograph to the narrator?

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

3. Who scolds the narrator for claiming to remember his birth?

4. Why does the narrator masturbate in class?

5. Before encountering Omi alone in the schoolyard, what does the narrator believe about Omi?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the outfits the boys have to wear to school on "ceremony day"?

3. Regarding his obsession with death, what does the narrator discover when he reaches puberty?

4. What type of gender influence does the narrator have as a child?

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

6. What is the reaction of his family when the narrator dresses up as the magician, Tenkatsu?

7. Who was Sebastian of Reni's "Saint Sebastian"?

8. Why is the narrator fascinated by the idea of death?

9. What attracts the narrator to the disinterested girl on the bus?

10. How is the grandmother affected when the narrator moves in with his father?

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