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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the essay his later self deems as false, what does the narrator trick himself into believing?
(a) He is smart.
(b) He is healthy.
(c) He is happy.
(d) He is someone others admire.

2. Whom does the narrator relate to in the stories he reads?
(a) The dragon.
(b) The poor.
(c) The princess.
(d) The prince.

3. What do the boys at school believe about Omi?
(a) He has had sex with many women.
(b) All of these.
(c) He is someone to fear.
(d) He is well endowed.

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

5. What does the narrator do to please his inner demons?
(a) Make the demons heroes.
(b) Make out with boys.
(c) Go to church.
(d) Make out with girls.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the first attempt to execute Sebastian, what weapon was used?

2. What does the narrator believe he will do at a younger age than most?

3. During puberty, the narrator likens his penis to a what?

4. What is the objective of the graphic game the boys play with each other?

5. Why was the narrator once attracted to a girl on his bus?

Short Essay Questions

1. What attracts the narrator to the disinterested girl on the bus?

2. What impression is left by the narrator's memory of a night-soil man?

3. When the other boys are impressed with the narrator's crass remarks about sex, how does the narrator feel?

4. While in school with Omi, what type of boy is the narrator attracted to?

5. Why is Omi expelled from school?

6. Why do adults seem concerned at the narrator's insistence that he remembers his birth?

7. Why does the prince in the Hungarian fairy tale upset the narrator?

8. Describe the narrator's fantasy perception of Omi.

9. Over the summer, the narrator realizes his love for Omi may actually be what?

10. Why is the narrator's opportunity to live with his father cut short?

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