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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At what age does the narrator hit puberty?
(a) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 15.
(d) 12.

3. Where does the narrator spend his summer, prior to Omi's expulsion?
(a) The beach.
(b) With Omi.
(c) At school.
(d) With his father.

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

5. What does Sonoko do soon after her relationship with the narrator ends?
(a) Enlists in the army.
(b) Attempts suicide.
(c) Moves in next door to him.
(d) Gets married.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator accidentally avoid the draft?

2. How does the school announce Omi's expulsion?

3. Why is it ironic that the narrator cannot swim?

4. What does the narrator bring to Sonoko when he first seeks her out?

5. When the war begins, what does the country become?

(see the answer key)

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