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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 does the narrator lie about during his meeting for the draft?
(a) His ambitions.
(b) His parentage.
(c) His fascination with war.
(d) His health.

2. How does the narrator feel when separated from Sonoko?
(a) Free.
(b) Heartbroken.
(c) Lonely.
(d) Confused.

3. The narrator describes Mr. Ohba as being what?
(a) Womanish.
(b) A spy.
(c) Competitive.
(d) Remarkable.

4. What is the first physical act of intimacy the narrator offers to Sonoko?
(a) Holding hands.
(b) His arm around her waist.
(c) Kissing her on the lips.
(d) Holding her tight.

5. When the air raids sound, where do the citizens hide?
(a) In doorways.
(b) Under desks.
(c) In fields.
(d) Makeshift caves.

Short Answer Questions

1. Following the break-up with the narrator, what does Sonoko claim to be happy about?

2. What does the narrator study in college?

3. During the narrator's visit to see Kusano, the narrator sees Sonoko as what?

4. Sonoko gives the narrator his first what?

5. Why does the narrator try to fantasize about women?

Short Essay Questions

1. After the visitation with Kusano, why does the narrator become determined to love Sonoko?

2. After the narrator kisses Sonoko, what does she expect from him?

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

4. When the narrator learns Sonoko plans to leave town to avoid the air raids, how does he feel and why?

5. When does the narrator get his first opportunity to spend time with Sonoko?

6. What event takes place that proves to the narrator he is capable of basic, human emotion?

7. When Sonoko confronts the issue of the break-up with the narrator, what does she want to know?

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

9. What is the narrator's opinion of the factory that produces war planes?

10. Upon witnessing the sight of the air raid victims, what does the narrator want to do?

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