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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. Where is the brothel the narrator visits?
(a) Next door to his old school.
(b) The red light district.
(c) The United States.
(d) A military base.

2. What does the narrator do to promise Sonoko he is considering her for marriage?
(a) Writes her a letter.
(b) Gives her a ring.
(c) Speaks with her father.
(d) Locks fingers.

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

4. When the narrator bumps into Sonoko for the first time after the break-up, what do they discuss?
(a) Travel.
(b) Novels.
(c) The break-up.
(d) Children.

5. After avoiding the draft, how does the narrator decide he wants to die?
(a) In Omi's arms.
(b) With his family.
(c) Strung to a tree, with arrows.
(d) Because of his own stupidity.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator end his relationship with Sonoko?

2. The narrator describes Mr. Ohba as being what?

3. Sonoko's family believes she doesn't hear the air raid alarm for what reason?

4. How does Sonoko make the narrator feel?

5. How old is the narrator when he attempts to lose his virginity?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. When the narrator sets out on a bicycle ride with Sonoko, what does he want to happen?

5. On the train, what does the narrator do that makes Sonoko blush?

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

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

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

9. Why does the quote "The measure of a woman's power is the degree of suffering with which she can punish her lover" bother the narrator?

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

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