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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 object does the narrator claim to remember from his birth?
(a) His mother's necklace.
(b) The basin.
(c) His father's ring.
(d) The bed.

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

3. After the battle, what does Omi do to the narrator?
(a) Kisses him.
(b) Threatens him.
(c) Puts an arm around him.
(d) Punches him.

4. To where is the narrator's father transferred right after the narrator moves in with him?
(a) China.
(b) The United States.
(c) Great Britain.
(d) Osaka.

5. In order to appear masculine, what does the narrator convince his female cousins to do?
(a) Cliff dive.
(b) Play war.
(c) Kill a bird.
(d) Shoot at a soldier.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does the narrator relate to in the stories he reads?

2. How do the adults communicate after returning from a shining city in the narrator's dream?

3. After witnessing Omi on the gym bars, what does the narrator feel for him?

4. For the narrator, Omi represents the perfect image of what?

5. From what does Katakura die?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does the narrator feel he has cheated his way through life?

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

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

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

9. Over the summer, the narrator realizes his love for Omi may actually be what?

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

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