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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 fact is Eiji surprised to learn about the identity of Mrs. Sasaki, his boss at Ueno Station?
(a) She is one of his stepsisters.
(b) She is Buntaro's mother.
(c) She is his stepmother.
(d) She knows his father.

2. In Eiji's fantasy about Akiko Kato in Chapter One, with what does he escape her building?
(a) A key to a safe deposit box containing stolen jewels.
(b) Akiko Kato's purse.
(c) Her file on his father.
(d) A picture of his father.

3. Who picks up Eiji as he is fleeing the exploding Cadillacs at the beginning of Chapter Five?
(a) Mr. Tsuru.
(b) Buntaro.
(c) Suga.
(d) Ryutaro Morino.

4. What does Ai Imajo offer to buy Eiji when they meet for breakfast in Chapter Seven?
(a) Tickets to a baseball game.
(b) Dinner.
(c) A new baseball cap.
(d) A new cat.

5. Which of the following is not a reason Eiji's stepmother gives for why Eiji's father does not want to meet him?
(a) His father wants to preserve his privacy.
(b) His father considers Eiji a reminder of his worst mistake.
(c) Eiji's father is ill and in the hospital.
(d) His father is ashamed of Eiji's illegitimacy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What mark identifies someone as a yakuza man or mobster?

2. To what does Daimon offer to treat Eiji?

3. What does Eiji do when he comes to Ai Imajo's assistance in Chapter Three?

4. Who does Ai Imajo urge Eiji to meet?

5. What does Ai Imajo tell Eiji in Chapter Eight that she saw him throw away before he left Tokyo to meet his mother?

(see the answer key)

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