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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 will do at a younger age than most?
(a) Have sex.
(b) Get a job.
(c) Fall in love.
(d) Die.

2. Where does the narrator learn about heterosexual sex?
(a) His cousins.
(b) All of these.
(c) His friends.
(d) His sisters.

3. When is the narrator given an opportunity to start a conversation with Yakumo, but doesn't?
(a) At his aunt's house.
(b) In the library.
(c) Swimming lessons.
(d) Jogging.

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

5. How old is Yakumo when the narrator first becomes attracted to him?
(a) 15.
(b) 14.
(c) 16.
(d) 18.

Short Answer Questions

1. During what game do Omi and the narrator do battle?

2. As a boy, what does the narrator associate with the idea of love?

3. What is Omi doing when the narrator finds him alone in the schoolyard?

4. A friend suggests the narrator should target whom for the graphic game?

5. What effect do death and blood have on the narrator during puberty?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What type of gender influence does the narrator have as a child?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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