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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. Over the summer, why does the narrator suddenly feel close to Omi?
(a) His mother mentions Omi.
(b) There is an article in the paper about Omi.
(c) He sees a boy who looks like Omi.
(d) He grows underarm hair.

2. What does the narrator swear off, after witnessing Omi on the gym bars?
(a) Sex.
(b) Love.
(c) Gym class.
(d) Physical fitness.

3. What do the boys at the school notice about Omi's body?
(a) One leg is shorter than the other.
(b) His freckles.
(c) His armpit hair.
(d) His enormous feet.

4. When the narrator begins scowling at other people, he does it to appear what?
(a) Disinterested.
(b) Intelligent.
(c) Strong.
(d) Sexy.

5. On what popular playground toy do Omi and the narrator battle?
(a) The swinging log.
(b) The jungle gym.
(c) The balance beam.
(d) The slide.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does the narrator use to describe the occupation of a night-soil man?

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

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

4. What does the narrator fantasize about after his meeting with Omi in the school yard?

5. What does Reni's "Saint Sebastian" cause the narrator to do for the first time?

Short Essay Questions

1. When the narrator writes an essay to analyze his feelings about Reni's "Saint Sebastian," what physical object does the narrator discuss and why?

2. After witnessing Omi perform on the gym bars, why does the narrator decide he is no longer in love with him?

3. What attracts the narrator to soldiers as a youth?

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

5. Why is Omi expelled from school?

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

7. What is the reaction of his family when the narrator dresses up as the magician, Tenkatsu?

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

9. What sickness does the narrator suffer from and how does it affect him?

10. What does the narrator do to appear to be heterosexual in front of his fellow classmates?

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