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

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

3. During the war, what does the school administration have the boys do?
(a) Raise money for weapons.
(b) Drills.
(c) Wear uniforms.
(d) Volunteer at the hospital.

4. What becomes popular with the boys when the country goes to war?
(a) Shooting firearms.
(b) Gambling.
(c) Casual sex.
(d) Drinking and smoking.

5. Who brings Sebastian back to life, following his attempted execution?
(a) The priest.
(b) His lover.
(c) A widow.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator try to learn from others?

2. What does the narrator find attractive about Sumiko?

3. What object does the narrator claim to remember from his birth?

4. What type of clothing does the narrator wear, once he reaches puberty?

5. Who was the Captain of the Praetorian Guard of Rome?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is Omi expelled from school?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. When Omi and the narrator lock eyes during a game of "King of the Hill," what does the narrator imagine has taken place?

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