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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 do to promise Sonoko he is considering her for marriage?
(a) Speaks with her father.
(b) Gives her a ring.
(c) Locks fingers.
(d) Writes her a letter.

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

3. What impression does the narrator have of Omi after meeting him alone in the schoolyard?
(a) He is tough.
(b) He is mean.
(c) He is brave.
(d) He is lonely.

4. The second time school is suspended, where is the narrator sent to work?
(a) A uniform factor.
(b) His mother's accounting firm.
(c) A naval arsenal.
(d) For Sonoko's father.

5. During his visit to see Kusano, the narrator is concerned that Kusano will notice what?
(a) He is not making money.
(b) His discomfort with the war.
(c) His attraction to his sister.
(d) He is gay.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. How does the narrator end his relationship with Sonoko?

5. What first attracts the narrator to Kusano's sister?

(see the answer key)

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