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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. After breaking up with Sonoko, what exams does the narrator prepare for?
(a) Civil service.
(b) Biology.
(c) The boards.
(d) Poetry.

2. What does the narrator ask Sonoko to do, even though it is inappropriate?
(a) Meet with him privately.
(b) Visit his dorm room.
(c) Get a divorce.
(d) Kiss him.

3. The second time school is suspended, where is the narrator sent to work?
(a) His mother's accounting firm.
(b) A naval arsenal.
(c) A uniform factor.
(d) For Sonoko's father.

4. After the war, who close to the narrator dies?
(a) His father.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His brother.
(d) His sister.

5. While kissing Chieko, who does the narrator fantasize about?
(a) The male nurse.
(b) Sonoko.
(c) Omi.
(d) A comic book character.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who writes a letter to the narrator, requesting information on his intent with Sonoko?

2. In what month is the narrator invited to visit with Kusano's regiment?

3. Where are the university students required to work?

4. What is the first physical act of intimacy the narrator offers to Sonoko?

5. What does the narrator fear about his behavior towards Sonoko?

Short Essay Questions

1. Prior to his draft meeting, the narrator suspects his health will make him what?

2. What does the narrator ask Kusano regarding the relationship he ended with Sonoko?

3. What impresses the narrator about the refugees that he sees?

4. Why does the narrator offer to carry Sonoko's bag?

5. After the visitation with Kusano, what sight confronts the narrator on his train ride home?

6. What does the narrator take extra time to point out, regarding his feelings for Sonoko?

7. Why do the military doctors think the narrator has tuberculosis?

8. As the relationship between the narrator and Sonoko grows, why does the narrator struggle with "pangs of consciousness"?

9. How does the narrator feel after going to the brothel?

10. When the narrator is excused from the draft, what is he surprised to realize?

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