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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who saves Eiji's life at the end of Chapter Four when bombs explode, killing the warring yakuza factions?
2. Who does Eiji fantasize knocking out with the item in his toolbox?
3. Which of Eiji's coworkers commits suicide when told he is being demoted?
4. In what city does the book open?
5. Instead of confronting Akiko, how does Eiji spend most of his afternoon in Chapter One?
Short Essay Questions
1. How successful are Eiji's initial attempts to contact Akiko Kato?
2. Describe Eiji's habit of nicknaming people.
3. How does Morino trick Eiji with his father's photo in Chapter Four?
4. How does Eiji escape death at the end of Chapter Four?
5. Why do Donkey and Dowager call the waitress with the perfect neck a "hand cream model", and what does the depiction of the girl's hands in Chapter One really indicate?
6. How does Eiji's defense in Chapter Three of Ai Imajo, the waitress with the perfect neck at the Jupiter Cafe, affect his developing relationship with Ai?
7. What rumors has Anju overheard about her mother?
8. Describe the letter Eiji receives from his stepmother in Chapter Three, and how it affects him.
9. Who does Eiji initially think "father" is in Chapter Four, and who does "father" eventually turn out to be?
10. Why does Eiji decapitate the statue of the thunder god in his village shrine?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
At the beginning of the novel, Eiji is a procrastinator and daydreamer, and spends more time in fantasy and illusion than in reality. Discuss Eiji's character growth over the course of the novel, how he differs at the end of the novel from how he is at the beginning, and what helps facilitate any change in him.
Essay Topic 2
Meaning is one of the themes in Number Nine Dream. Discuss Eiji and any other two characters from the novel and discuss what gives their lives meaning. Does what gives their lives meaning change for any of the characters over the course of the story? What do you think the author is saying through these characters about what gives life meaning?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the role of the yakuza in Number Nine Dream. In what ways is the yakuza organization like a family? What do you think Eiji learns from his experiences with the yakuza? In what ways does the yakuza help Eiji find his own substitute family?
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