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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Omi doing when the narrator finds him alone in the schoolyard?

2. What does the narrator believe he must hide from others?

3. What type of visual pornography does the narrator hide at his home?

4. Why does the narrator move in with his father?

5. The narrator chooses not to speak to Yakumo because he is ashamed of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the narrator feel he has cheated his way through life?

2. Over the summer, the narrator realizes his love for Omi may actually be what?

3. What attracts the narrator to the disinterested girl on the bus?

4. Why is the narrator's opportunity to live with his father cut short?

5. After witnessing Omi perform on the gym bars, why does the narrator decide he is no longer in love with him?

6. How does the narrator feel about the prospect of grabbing Omi during a game of Dirty?

7. Why is the narrator unable to participate in gym class the day that Omi demonstrates how to use the bars?

8. What sickness does the narrator suffer from and how does it affect him?

9. Why do adults seem concerned at the narrator's insistence that he remembers his birth?

10. Why is the narrator fascinated by the idea of death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At an early age, the narrator is interested in other men. However, as a youth he does not attribute these feelings to be sexual.

1) What type of male influence does the narrator have in his life?

2) What masculine memories shape the narrator's life?

3) At an early age, why does the narrator hide this interest in other men?

Essay Topic 2

The narrator is surrounded by feminine influence, yet certain social cues teach him how a boy "should" act.

1) Who provides the narrator with these social cues?

2) What does the narrator do to act out his gender expectations?

3) In what ways does the narrator struggle against his gender identity?

Essay Topic 3

The narrator has an obsession with death.

1) Why is the narrator interested in death?

2) As a child, what does he do to learn more about death?

3) How does the narrator feel about death?

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