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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 position do most of the boys at school volunteer for during the war?
(a) Special cadet.
(b) Junior leagues.
(c) War warriors.
(d) Special forces.

2. What weapon is used to kill Sebastian for good?
(a) An axe.
(b) Arrows.
(c) Guns.
(d) Clubs.

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

4. When the war begins, what does the country become?
(a) Stoic.
(b) Frightened.
(c) Scared.
(d) Wealthy.

5. At what age does the narrator write an essay that his later self deems as false?
(a) 17.
(b) 12.
(c) 20.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the narrator once attracted to a girl on his bus?

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

3. Where does the narrator spend his summer, prior to Omi's expulsion?

4. After Omi is expelled, from what physical ailment does the narrator suffer?

5. What occupation was once held by the narrator's grandfather?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Regarding his obsession with death, what does the narrator discover when he reaches puberty?

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

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