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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. Who scolds the narrator for claiming to remember his birth?
(a) Grandmother.
(b) Mother.
(c) Grandfather.
(d) Omi.

2. What do the boys at school believe about Omi?
(a) He is well endowed.
(b) He has had sex with many women.
(c) All of these.
(d) He is someone to fear.

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

4. At the school, who knows why Omi has been expelled?
(a) The narrator.
(b) The teachers.
(c) Omi's brother.
(d) The janitor.

5. For the narrator, Omi represents the perfect image of what?
(a) A scholar.
(b) Upper class.
(c) Man.
(d) A criminal.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day do the boys at school have to dress in naval attire?

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

3. How old is the narrator when he is first attracted to another man?

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

5. How does the narrator react to Reni's "Saint Sebastian"?

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

3. What attracts the narrator to the disinterested girl on the bus?

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

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

6. Why does the narrator choose not to volunteer as a special cadet?

7. Why does the narrator believe that his lack of interest in women may have to do with laziness?

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

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

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

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