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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, "The Language of Mountains is Rain".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What gives Ai Imajo's life meaning?
(a) Her job.
(b) Music.
(c) Her family.
(d) Romance.

2. What did the yakuza do to Mrs. Yamaya's son?
(a) They killed him and sold his organs on the black market.
(b) They sold him to an American couple wanting a child.
(c) They beat him up and left him for dead.
(d) They made him a yakuza hit man.

3. What obstacle does Ai Imajo face in attaining her goal?
(a) She can't afford it.
(b) She doesn't have good grades.
(c) Her father doesn't want her to go to the Paris school.
(d) She has a learning disability.

4. Why does Eiji miss his six o'clock visitor?
(a) He falls asleep.
(b) He hides out in the secret room.
(c) The visitor breaks in and remains quiet to not be detected.
(d) He is drugged.

5. In Chapter Five, how much time has lapsed since Eiji first left his village to come to Tokyo in search of his father?
(a) Five weeks.
(b) A week.
(c) A year.
(d) Two years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the person in Eiji's third dream say Anju is not dead?

2. What does Eiji's grandfather loan Eiji?

3. What is the name of the building in which Akiko Kato works?

4. Which of the following is not a reason Eiji's stepmother gives for why Eiji's father does not want to meet him?

5. At the beginning of Chapter One, how does Eiji hope he will meet Akiko Kato?

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