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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. What does the narrator try to learn from others?
(a) Speech patterns.
(b) Interest in science.
(c) Heterosexual behavior.
(d) Sensitivity.

2. When debating marriage to Sonoko, who does the narrator turn to for advice?
(a) Sonoko.
(b) Chieko.
(c) His mother.
(d) Kusano.

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

4. During puberty, the narrator likens his penis to a what?
(a) A frightening thing.
(b) A new toy.
(c) A shameful reward.
(d) A angry missile.

5. The narrator is surprised he becomes attracted to whom as he gets older?
(a) Older women.
(b) Intellectual, older men.
(c) Graceful, young boys.
(d) Sickly young girls.

Short Answer Questions

1. In one particular story read by the narrator, what keeps a Hungarian prince alive?

2. Who was the Captain of the Praetorian Guard of Rome?

3. In college, what does the narrator do to make others believe he is attracted to women?

4. During what game do Omi and the narrator do battle?

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

(see the answer key)

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