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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 one particular story read by the narrator, what keeps a Hungarian prince alive?
(a) A magic diamond.
(b) His sword.
(c) Love.
(d) A fairy godmother.

2. In the first attempt to execute Sebastian, what weapon was used?
(a) Guns.
(b) The guillotine.
(c) Poison darts.
(d) Arrows.

3. Why is it ironic that the narrator cannot swim?
(a) He is an expert diver.
(b) His mother teaches him every year.
(c) Omi is the swimming champion.
(d) He loves the ocean.

4. What does the narrator liken to a stage play?
(a) Dreams.
(b) Love.
(c) Life.
(d) War.

5. Before encountering Omi alone in the schoolyard, what does the narrator believe about Omi?
(a) He is a coward.
(b) He is stupid.
(c) He is a snob.
(d) He is a hero.

Short Answer Questions

1. When is the narrator given an opportunity to start a conversation with Yakumo, but doesn't?

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

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

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

5. At what age does the narrator write an essay that his later self deems as false?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the outfits the boys have to wear to school on "ceremony day"?

2. Why is the narrator unable to participate in gym class the day that Omi demonstrates how to use the bars?

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

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

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

6. What physical actions does the narrator take in order to appear to be tough?

7. Why does the narrator feel he has gone through life fooling not just others, but himself?

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

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

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

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