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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. What does Suga succeed in doing in Chapter Seven?
(a) Getting a new girlfriend.
(b) Getting a raise.
(c) Getting married.
(d) Hacking the Pentagon computer, his Holy Grail.

2. As he reflects on Anju's death and what gives his life meaning, what does Eiji begin to think about his search for his father?
(a) It might not be as important as he has previously believed.
(b) He should increase his devotion to his quest.
(c) He should give up his quest.
(d) It is what gives his life meaning.

3. What does Suga give Eiji before he leaves for his new job?
(a) A gold watch.
(b) A photo of himself.
(c) A John Lennon DVD.
(d) His finest computer virus.

4. Which of the following statements does not describe something Daimon reveals during his visit with Eiji in Chapter Five?
(a) Daimon and Miriam are going to disappear for a while.
(b) Daimon says the yakuza are no longer searching for him.
(c) Daimon promises to try to help Eiji find his father.
(d) Daimon is now married to Miriam.

5. What happens during Eiji's visit with his mother?
(a) Eiji's mother runs away from him.
(b) Eiji and his mother argue loudly.
(c) Eiji and his mother blame each other for Anju's death.
(d) Eiji and his mother agree to try and start over.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does not describe how Eiji sabotages the yakuza at the end of Chapter Seven?

2. When Eiji wakes up in a strange house after his night of terror with the yakuza, what childhood memory does it rekindle?

3. What is Eiji's fourth dream in Chapter Eight about?

4. Whose address does Daimon fax to Eiji after his visit with Eiji?

5. Who sends Eiji a postcard in Chapter Five?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Eiji's dream about Mr. Aoyama.

2. Describe Eiji's new job at Nero's pizza.

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

4. 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?

5. Explain how Eiji gets a new job in Chapter Six.

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

7. Describe Eiji's dream about John Lennon and Lennon's song "#9 Dream".

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

9. As he learns about Subaru Tsukiyama's life, what insights does Eiji begin to get about his own life?

10. Why does the second truck driver Eiji rides with in Chapter Eight want to commit suicide and why does he change his mind?

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