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

2. In Chapter 3, what does the narrator offer to carry for Sonoko?
(a) Her groceries.
(b) Her bag.
(c) Her little sister.
(d) Her parasol.

3. What does Sonoko inspire the narrator to do?
(a) Jump in front of the train.
(b) Climb on the roof and sing.
(c) Write a love poem.
(d) Believe he can love a woman.

4. When the war ends, what does the narrator study at school?
(a) Communications.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Law.
(d) Biology.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What color does the sky turn following an air raid?

2. When the narrator returns to school in Chapter 3, what health ailment does he fake?

3. The narrator notices that, because of the war, Kusano's hands have become what?

4. What bothers the narrator about his first encounter with Sonoko following their break-up?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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