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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. In the stead where the Dolphin Hotel once stood is a building that is designed in what style in Chapter 4?
(a) Victorian style.
(b) East Indian style.
(c) Colonial style.
(d) Bauhaus-Art Deco style.

2. The protagonist tells his business connections that he must take a trip for how long in Chapter 3?
(a) 2 days.
(b) 9 days.
(c) 3 weeks.
(d) 1 month.

3. After dinner Yuki insists that the writer take a drive so that they can do what in Chapter 19?
(a) Look for her mother.
(b) Listen to music.
(c) Talk.
(d) Look at the sunset.

4. Whom does Yuki mention which chills the writer in Chapter 19?
(a) The Sheep Man.
(b) Ryoichi Gotanda.
(c) Kiki.
(d) Miss Yumiyoshi.

5. How many times has the protagonist been divorced in the novel?
(a) Never.
(b) Three times.
(c) Twice.
(d) Once.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Sheep Man says that the only thing the writer can do is what in Chapter 11?

2. The Sheep Man warns that the writer could get stuck in what in Chapter 11?

3. What is the profession of Yuki's mother in the novel?

4. How long has it been since the protagonist has seen Kiki in Chapter 4?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the protagonist discover at the library in Chapter 7?

2. How does the narrator compare the old Dolphin Hotel to its replacement in Chapter 6?

3. On what assignment does the protagonist go in Chapter 2? How does he describe his job?

4. How does the protagonist describe the interior of the hotel in Chapter 5?

5. What led to a previous depression of the protagonist's, as described in Chapter 2?

6. Where does the protagonist arrive in Chapter 16? Where does he decide to stay?

7. What does the protagonist ask of his former business partner in Chapter 8?

8. How is the protagonist of the novel introduced in Chapter 1? What is he obsessed with in the beginning of the narrative?

9. When did the protagonist re-enter society after his depression, as described in Chapter 2?

10. What jealousies consume the protagonist in Chapter 14? Why?

(see the answer keys)

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