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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. Over the summer, why does the narrator suddenly feel close to Omi?
(a) There is an article in the paper about Omi.
(b) His mother mentions Omi.
(c) He grows underarm hair.
(d) He sees a boy who looks like Omi.

2. After Omi is expelled, what type of fantasies does the narrator indulge in?
(a) Sadistic.
(b) Masochistic.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Female.

3. How does the narrator feel about Omi after meeting him alone in the schoolyard?
(a) He hates him.
(b) He loves him.
(c) He does not respect him.
(d) He fears him.

4. How does the narrator react to Reni's "Saint Sebastian"?
(a) He is scared.
(b) He is turned on.
(c) He is repulsed.
(d) He is inspired.

5. Where does the narrator learn about heterosexual sex?
(a) His friends.
(b) His sisters.
(c) All of these.
(d) His cousins.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. At what age does the narrator write an essay that his later self deems as false?

4. What do the schoolboys call the graphic game they play with each other?

5. What is Omi doing when the narrator finds him alone in the schoolyard?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What sickness does the narrator suffer from and how does it affect him?

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

5. Why is Omi expelled from school?

6. While in school with Omi, what type of boy is the narrator attracted to?

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

8. When the narrator writes an essay to analyze his feelings about Reni's "Saint Sebastian," what physical object does the narrator discuss and why?

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

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

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