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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 Chapter Five, who faxes Eiji a message that he is coming to visit at six o'clock?
(a) Buntaro.
(b) Eiji's father.
(c) Daimon.
(d) Suga.

2. Who is Goatwriter?
(a) A goat and lead character in the book Eiji finds and reads.
(b) A computer hacker at Ueno Station.
(c) One of the yakuza men.
(d) Buntaro's brother.

3. When his mother phones him, what does Eiji say to her?
(a) That she is crazy and needs therapy.
(b) That she is responsible for Anju's death.
(c) That he wants to come see her.
(d) That he never wants to hear from her again.

4. Which of the following statements does not describe the unfamiliar house in which Eiji awakens at the beginning of Chapter Five?
(a) It is well-furnished and old fashioned.
(b) It has no tv.
(c) A big black dog lives in it.
(d) It has no telephone.

5. To whom did Eiji's guitar once belong?
(a) Anju.
(b) Eiji's mother.
(c) Eiji's father.
(d) Eiji's grandfather.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mrs. Comb?

2. Who does Eiji fear will hunt him down once he awakens in the strange house?

3. What action does Eiji take after receiving the address from Daimon?

4. What strange things does Ai say are happening in Tokyo when she and Eiji talk by telephone at the end of Chapter Eight?

5. What is the real reason for Suga's drinking binge?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the disagreement between Ai and Eiji at the train station in Chapter Seven.

2. Why does Suga get drunk and how does his failure to succeed in his quest parallel Eiji's?

3. How does Eiji's relationship with Ai Imajo change in Chapter Five?

4. Why does Suga take a new job in Texas and what gift does he give Eiji upon departing for his new position?

5. What is the significance of Eiji's final dream about Anju in which Anju tells him to go away so he will not drown, too?

6. Is the earthquake in Tokyo at the end of Number Nine Dream real or fantasy?

7. How does Daimon help Eiji's search for his father?

8. How is the manuscript Eiji finds about Goatwriter an allegory for Eiji's own adventures?

9. In Chapter Five, from whom does Eiji receive a postcard, and how does the card indicate a shift in the writer's attitude toward Eiji?

10. Who is Takara Tsukiyama, and how might he lead Eiji to Eiji's father?

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