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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 bothers the narrator about his first encounter with Sonoko following their break-up?
(a) Her kindness.
(b) The man she is with.
(c) What she's wearing.
(d) Her anger towards him.

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

3. In what year does the narrator graduate from high school?
(a) 1956.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1964.

4. Whom does Sonoko's mother send to chaperon her?
(a) Kusano.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her younger sisters.
(d) Her male cousin.

5. Where are the university students required to work?
(a) In their hometown.
(b) A war factory.
(c) The cafeteria.
(d) The military base.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the narrator kisses Sonoko, he admits he is afraid he will soon do what?

2. What do the draft doctors think about the narrator's health?

3. When the narrator bumps into Sonoko for the first time after the break-up, what do they discuss?

4. What does Sonoko feel for Mr. Ohba?

5. What author is referred to as a sodomite in Confessions of a Mask?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does the narrator allow Chieko to kiss him?

4. Why does the narrator want to stay in a hotel with Sonoko?

5. When the narrator pretends not to understand what a sodomite is, how do the guys around him react?

6. In addition to being the first female the narrator feels capable of loving, what additional benefit does Sonoko offer the narrator?

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

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

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

10. Why does the narrator decide suicide is a foolish option?

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