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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, pages 153-183.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is the narrator's hair at birth?
(a) Black.
(b) Brown.
(c) Red.
(d) Blond.

2. What is the narrator afraid he is incapable of doing, in spite of Sonoko's feelings for him?
(a) Loving a woman.
(b) Standing up to her brother.
(c) Opposing the war.
(d) Getting a good job.

3. When the narrator begins scowling at other people, he does it to appear what?
(a) Intelligent.
(b) Strong.
(c) Sexy.
(d) Disinterested.

4. What confusing emotion does the narrator feel around Sonoko?
(a) Disinterest.
(b) Desire.
(c) Anger.
(d) Grief.

5. Upon Omi's expulsion, the narrator feels Omi has been what?
(a) Stupid.
(b) Careless.
(c) Targeted.
(d) Martyred.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator is surprised he becomes attracted to whom as he gets older?

2. When the war begins, what does the country become?

3. In Chapter 3, in what city does the narrator encounter air raid refugees?

4. Where does the narrator spend his summer, prior to Omi's expulsion?

5. Why was the narrator once attracted to a girl on his bus?

(see the answer key)

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