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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. When is the narrator given an opportunity to start a conversation with Yakumo, but doesn't?
(a) Swimming lessons.
(b) At his aunt's house.
(c) In the library.
(d) Jogging.

2. What does the narrator find attractive about Sumiko?
(a) Her hair.
(b) Her chest.
(c) Her underbite.
(d) Her overbite.

3. After witnessing Omi on the gym bars, what does the narrator feel for him?
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Disgust.
(c) Hate.
(d) Admiration.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator swear off, after witnessing Omi on the gym bars?

2. Whom does the narrator relate to in the stories he reads?

3. With whom is the narrator typically allowed to play as a child?

4. What first attracts the narrator to Kusano's sister?

5. How does the narrator incite a feeling of superiority around his classmates?

(see the answer key)

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