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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does the writer promise to have dinner with when he returns in Chapter 15?
(a) The receptionist.
(b) The hotel manager.
(c) The Sheep Man.
(d) Yuki.

2. How old is the protagonist of the novel?
(a) 34.
(b) 51.
(c) 19.
(d) 27.

3. Ryoichi Gotanda was a former what to the narrator?
(a) Wife.
(b) Political rival.
(c) Lab partner.
(d) Lover.

4. The narrator of the novel describes the Dolphin Hotel as having been built where in Chapter 1?
(a) The cheapest piece of real estate.
(b) The ideal place.
(c) The wrong place.
(d) On the water.

5. When the receptionist comes to talk to the writer in Chapter 7, he cannot get what individual out of his mind?
(a) His mother.
(b) His niece.
(c) The old owner of the hotel.
(d) His business partner.

6. In what country is the novel set?
(a) Japan.
(b) China.
(c) South Korea.
(d) Vietnam.

7. What causes the writer to leave the Sheep Man's room in Chapter 11?
(a) It gets very bright.
(b) The temperature drops.
(c) It gets very dark.
(d) The temperature rises.

8. The Sheep Man says that the only thing the writer can do is what in Chapter 11?
(a) Believe.
(b) Look.
(c) Dance.
(d) Listen.

9. The receptionist at the hotel talks to the writer under the guise of discussing what in Chapter 7?
(a) Restaurants.
(b) Area attractions.
(c) Local traditions.
(d) Car rentals.

10. In Chapter 9, the narrator has an eerie experience on what floor of the hotel?
(a) 4th.
(b) 7th.
(c) 15th.
(d) 10th.

11. What is the name of Yuki's father in the novel?
(a) Bookish.
(b) Hiraku Makimura.
(c) Fisherman.
(d) Ryoichi Gotanda.

12. The assignment the protagonist goes on in Chapter 2 involves writing about what?
(a) Animals.
(b) Men.
(c) Restaurants.
(d) Cars.

13. How old is the girl that the narrator sees in the bar in Chapter 6?
(a) 15.
(b) 14.
(c) 11.
(d) 13.

14. In Chapter 9, the writer develops an elaborate fantasy about an actress playing what historical figure?
(a) Cleopatra.
(b) Marilyn Monroe.
(c) Queen Mary.
(d) Queen Elizabeth.

15. Who told the writer that not knowing is what hurts other people, as revealed in Chapter 13?
(a) His ex-wife.
(b) His father.
(c) His grandmother.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. The protagonist's job consisted mostly of what type of work in the beginning, as described in Chapter 3?

2. The protagonist tells his business connections that he must go where in Chapter 3?

3. What is the profession of the protagonist in the novel?

4. Who answers the door when the writers knocks in Chapter 10?

5. The receptionist at the hotel had a strange experience on what floor, as related in Chapter 7?

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