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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 does the narrator feel after noticing the war has changed Kusano?

2. In Chapter 3, in what city does the narrator encounter air raid refugees?

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

4. Whom does Sonoko's mother send to chaperon her?

5. The narrator decides he will feel what if his family is killed in an air raid?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why do the military doctors think the narrator has tuberculosis?

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

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

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

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

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

9. When the narrator is excused from the draft, what is he surprised to realize?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Upon meeting Omi, the narrator is confronted with sexual feelings for the boy.

1) What intimate moment do Omi and the narrator share that begins their friendship?

2) What attracts the narrator to Omi?

3) How does this attraction affect the narrator?

Essay Topic 2

In spite of his attraction to men, the narrator finds true affection for Sonoko.

1) Why is the narrator attracted to Sonoko?

2) Why is she attracted to him?

3) What factors work against the success of the relationship?

Essay Topic 3

Upon reaching puberty, the narrator discovers a connection between sex and violence.

1) What was the narrator's relationship with violence prior to puberty?

2) Why does this obsession act itself out in a sexual fashion?

3) How do these desires affect the narrator?

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