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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. After avoiding the draft, how does the narrator decide he wants to die?
(a) Strung to a tree, with arrows.
(b) Because of his own stupidity.
(c) In Omi's arms.
(d) With his family.

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

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

4. During the war, what does the school administration have the boys do?
(a) Raise money for weapons.
(b) Volunteer at the hospital.
(c) Wear uniforms.
(d) Drills.

5. After Omi is expelled, from what physical ailment does the narrator suffer?
(a) Chest pains.
(b) Memory loss.
(c) Anemia.
(d) Gout.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator's family eat in celebration of surviving an air raid?

2. When the narrator finally kisses Sonoko, what does he feel?

3. What subject is the narrator fascinated with as a child?

4. What does Sonoko plan to do to protect herself from air raids?

5. The narrator chooses not to speak to Yakumo because he is ashamed of what?

(see the answer key)

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