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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator ask Sonoko to do, even though it is inappropriate?
(a) Visit his dorm room.
(b) Kiss him.
(c) Meet with him privately.
(d) Get a divorce.

2. What effect do death and blood have on the narrator during puberty?
(a) They haunt him.
(b) They frighten him.
(c) The repulse him.
(d) They arouse him.

3. How long does the university postpone classes during the Allied-raids?
(a) One month.
(b) Twenty-four hours.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) They do not postpone classes.

4. What does the narrator lie about during his meeting for the draft?
(a) His ambitions.
(b) His health.
(c) His parentage.
(d) His fascination with war.

5. What does Sonoko plan to do to protect herself from air raids?
(a) Evacuate the city.
(b) Live with the narrator.
(c) Build a bomb shelter.
(d) Join the army.

Short Answer Questions

1. For the narrator, Omi represents the perfect image of what?

2. After witnessing Omi on the gym bars, what does the narrator feel for him?

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

4. When apart, how do the narrator and Sonoko communicate?

5. How does Sonoko make the narrator feel?

(see the answer key)

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