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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. On the train, what does Mr. Ohba do in excess?
(a) Eat.
(b) Drink.
(c) Talk.
(d) Smoke.

2. After visiting Kusano, how does the narrator feel?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Inspired.
(c) Eager to fight.
(d) Ashamed of his attraction to Sonoko.

3. During his visit to see Kusano, the narrator is concerned that Kusano will notice what?
(a) His discomfort with the war.
(b) His attraction to his sister.
(c) He is gay.
(d) He is not making money.

4. The narrator notices that, because of the war, Kusano's hands have become what?
(a) Calloused.
(b) Crippled.
(c) Stained with blood.
(d) Shaky.

5. When hearing air raid sirens, what does the boy look forward to?
(a) Death.
(b) Seeing Omi again.
(c) Getting out of school.
(d) Heroism.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the war, who close to the narrator dies?

2. What does the narrator do to let Sonoko know he is aware of the chaperone?

3. Why does the narrator try to fantasize about women?

4. Where are the university students required to work?

5. After avoiding the draft, how does the narrator decide he wants to die?

Short Essay Questions

1. Prior to his draft meeting, the narrator suspects his health will make him what?

2. As the relationship between the narrator and Sonoko grows, why does the narrator struggle with "pangs of consciousness"?

3. Why do the military doctors think the narrator has tuberculosis?

4. When the narrator learns Sonoko plans to leave town to avoid the air raids, how does he feel and why?

5. Upon witnessing the sight of the air raid victims, what does the narrator want to do?

6. Why does the quote "The measure of a woman's power is the degree of suffering with which she can punish her lover" bother the narrator?

7. When does the narrator get his first opportunity to spend time with Sonoko?

8. What does the narrator ask Kusano regarding the relationship he ended with Sonoko?

9. In addition to being the first female the narrator feels capable of loving, what additional benefit does Sonoko offer the narrator?

10. When the narrator sets out on a bicycle ride with Sonoko, what does he want to happen?

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