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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Rat apologize for in his first letter to the Main Character?
(a) For sleeping with the Main Character's ex-wife.
(b) For leaving town without saying goodbye.
(c) For leaving when their mother was ill.
(d) For their last fight.

2. Where is the location of the photograph that the Main Character used in the bulletin?
(a) Hokkaido, Japan.
(b) Tokyo, Japan.
(c) Saigon.
(d) China.

3. Why does the Main Character say that his relationship with his ex-wife is over?
(a) She had an affair with his best friend.
(b) She is leaving his best friend.
(c) The Main Character is moving.
(d) The Main Character is dying.

4. How does the Main Character first learn of the death in Chapter 1?
(a) The news.
(b) A phone call.
(c) An obituary.
(d) He sees the person die.

5. What does the Strange Man want the Main Character to tell him in Chapter 17?
(a) How he met the Girlfriend.
(b) How he met the Rat.
(c) The Rat's location.
(d) Where he obtained the sheep photo.

6. What does the Rat tell the Main Character in his first letter?
(a) About the women he has slept with.
(b) About his courses at the University.
(c) About the pictures he is painting.
(d) About the towns he has traveled to.

7. What illness does the Boss have?
(a) Multiple Sclerosis.
(b) Lung Cancer.
(c) Diabetes.
(d) A brain hemorrhage.

8. What does the Main Character do in Chapter 22 before calling the Strange Man?
(a) Finds a public phone.
(b) Takes some cold Medicine.
(c) Eats.
(d) Goes for a run.

9. How does the Main Character first meet his girlfriend?
(a) Through work at the ad agency.
(b) Through a dating service.
(c) In a bar.
(d) Through a mutual friend.

10. What fantasy does the Main Character have often as a college student?
(a) Hopping on a train out of town.
(b) Having an art exhibit.
(c) Performing on stage.
(d) Herding sheep.

11. Who owns the bar that the Main Character visits in carrying out the Rat's request?
(a) The Main Character's father.
(b) J.
(c) TC.
(d) The Gap Toothed Girl.

12. Where does the Main Character say he saw a whale's penis?
(a) In a National Geographic.
(b) In a documentary.
(c) On the beach.
(d) In a museum.

13. What does the Main Character tell the Business Partner he must do in Chapter 23?
(a) Hire an assistant.
(b) Watch the cat.
(c) Quit drinking.
(d) Take care of the books.

14. Where does the Main Character first meet the person who dies in Chapter 1?
(a) A wedding.
(b) A coffee shop.
(c) At work.
(d) At primary school.

15. Who is the second person that the Main Character tries to phone after Limo Driver on his return from the Boss's home?
(a) God.
(b) The Business Partner.
(c) The Girlfriend.
(d) His ex-wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Main Character realize about his photos at the end of Chapter 3?

2. For how long does the Main Character tell the Business Partner that he will be gone?

3. What does the Main Character eat, while his visitor watches, in Chapter 2?

4. What does the bar owner give the Main Character?

5. What does the Main Character buy after speaking with the Strange Man in Chapter 22?

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