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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, "Kaiten".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Daimon come to visit Eiji in Chapter Five?
(a) To thank Eiji for saving his life and to apologize.
(b) To warn Eiji to stay away from Miriam.
(c) To kill Eiji.
(d) To tell Eiji he has found Eiji's father.

2. Who is Wheatie?
(a) Eiji's landlord.
(b) Anju and Eiji's grandmother.
(c) Anju and Eiji's mother.
(d) Eiji's girlfriend.

3. What does the letter Eiji receives from his mother in Chapter Two reveal?
(a) That his father is a famous movie star.
(b) That his mother works in Tokyo with Akiko Kato.
(c) That his mother tried to kill him when he was a baby.
(d) That his mother is dying of cancer.

4. Who is Pithecanthropus?
(a) A customer in Buntaro's video store.
(b) A customer in the Jupiter Cafe.
(c) Goatwriter's friend and a handyman in the book Eiji finds.
(d) A yakuza man.

5. Which of the following statements is not a part of the daydream Eiji has in Chapter One while he's in the restroom?
(a) Eiji follows Akiko Kato to a theater.
(b) The minister at the theater is Eiji's father.
(c) Eiji fights a samurai warrior.
(d) Akiko Kato meets a government minister at the theater.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Buntaro?

2. Why doesn't Eiji confront Akiko Kato in Chapter One as he daydreams of doing?

3. What does Eiji think about Anju's ability to swim to the whalestone?

4. How does Ai Imajo suggest that Eiji search for his father in Tokyo?

5. To whom does Eiji think the messages about "Father" refer?

(see the answer key)

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