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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. What word does the narrator use to describe the occupation of a night-soil man?
(a) Devastation.
(b) Fear.
(c) Inspiration.
(d) Tragedy.

2. On what day do the boys at school have to dress in naval attire?
(a) Veterans Day.
(b) May Day.
(c) Ceremonial Day.
(d) The fourth of July.

3. What does the narrator fantasize about after his meeting with Omi in the school yard?
(a) Seeing him naked.
(b) Killing Omi.
(c) To get good grades.
(d) For Omi to punch him.

4. What type of stories does the narrator like to read as a child?
(a) Fantasy.
(b) Non-fiction.
(c) Romance novels.
(d) Science fiction.

5. Upon Omi's expulsion, the narrator feels Omi has been what?
(a) Stupid.
(b) Targeted.
(c) Martyred.
(d) Careless.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does the narrator look when seeking men to be attracted to?

2. In the essay his later self deems as false, what does the narrator trick himself into believing?

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

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

5. What photograph is the narrator obsessed with as a child?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the narrator fascinated by the idea of death?

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

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

4. Why do the narrator's parents keep him from living in the dormitories at school?

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

6. Why does the narrator begin drinking and smoking?

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

8. How is the grandmother affected when the narrator moves in with his father?

9. Who was Sebastian of Reni's "Saint Sebastian"?

10. How does the narrator feel about the prospect of grabbing Omi during a game of Dirty?

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