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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator incite a feeling of superiority around his classmates?
(a) Crude remarks.
(b) Proving his intelligence.
(c) Showing off his money.
(d) Taking medication.

2. As a boy, what does the narrator associate with the idea of love?
(a) All of these.
(b) Woman.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Man.

3. Who reveals the identity of the figure in the photograph to the narrator?
(a) His father.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His nurse.
(d) His mother.

4. What does Sonoko feel for Mr. Ohba?
(a) Amusement.
(b) Annoyance.
(c) Attraction.
(d) Repulsion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What becomes popular with the boys when the country goes to war?

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

3. How old is the narrator when he attempts to lose his virginity?

4. After the battle, what does Omi do to the narrator?

5. Where does the narrator seek out Sonoko, following the visit to her brother?

(see the answer key)

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