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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. In college, what does the narrator do to make others believe he is attracted to women?
(a) Flirts with his female teachers.
(b) Whistles at women.
(c) Dates many women.
(d) Acts lovesick.

2. What object does the narrator claim to remember from his birth?
(a) The basin.
(b) His mother's necklace.
(c) The bed.
(d) His father's ring.

3. In what year does the narrator graduate from high school?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1920.

4. After the narrator kisses Sonoko, he admits he is afraid he will soon do what?
(a) Marry.
(b) Leave the country.
(c) Die.
(d) Drop out of school.

5. What smell does the narrator associate with soldiers?
(a) Steel.
(b) Blood.
(c) Sweat.
(d) Motor oil.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sonoko make the narrator feel?

2. During the war, what does the school administration have the boys do?

3. From what ailment does the narrator's grandmother suffer?

4. What is the name of the female magician who inspires the narrator?

5. When the narrator begins scowling at other people, he does it to appear what?

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