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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator find attractive about Sumiko?
(a) Her overbite.
(b) Her underbite.
(c) Her chest.
(d) Her hair.

2. Why was the narrator once attracted to a girl on his bus?
(a) Her disinterest.
(b) Her enthusiasm.
(c) Her popularity.
(d) Her knowledge of war.

3. What does the narrator believe he must hide from others?
(a) His intelligence.
(b) His parentage.
(c) His financial status.
(d) His true self.

4. After Omi is expelled, the narrator's fantasies mentally play out in what location?
(a) His teacher's house.
(b) A church.
(c) A Grecian murder theater.
(d) Omi's house.

5. What photograph is the narrator obsessed with as a child?
(a) The statue David.
(b) Goliath.
(c) Joan of Arc.
(d) Jesus.

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

7. What about Omi begins to bother the narrator?
(a) His disinterest in the narrator.
(b) His physical perfection.
(c) His lisp.
(d) His attraction to women.

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

9. When the war begins, what does the country become?
(a) Wealthy.
(b) Stoic.
(c) Scared.
(d) Frightened.

10. What does the narrator liken to a stage play?
(a) Life.
(b) Love.
(c) Dreams.
(d) War.

11. How old is the narrator when he is first attracted to another man?
(a) Four.
(b) Ten.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Six.

12. What is Omi doing when the narrator finds him alone in the schoolyard?
(a) Kissing a girl.
(b) Vandalizing the school.
(c) Smoking a cigarette.
(d) Writing his name in the snow.

13. Who was the Captain of the Praetorian Guard of Rome?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Omi's father.
(c) Sebastian.
(d) The narrator's father.

14. What is the name of the female magician who inspires the narrator?
(a) Marshan.
(b) Sonoko.
(c) Omi.
(d) Tenkatsu.

15. What subject is the narrator fascinated with as a child?
(a) Health.
(b) Politics.
(c) Math.
(d) Death.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator feel about Omi after meeting him alone in the schoolyard?

2. What does the narrator swear off, after witnessing Omi on the gym bars?

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

4. Where does the narrator spend his summer, prior to Omi's expulsion?

5. Who brings Sebastian back to life, following his attempted execution?

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