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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does the Main Character live with?
(a) His cat.
(b) An unseen roommate.
(c) No one.
(d) His father.

2. Where does the Main Character go in Chapter 1?
(a) To a performance.
(b) To a funeral.
(c) To a school.
(d) To a temple.

3. What does the Limo Driver give to the Main Character?
(a) His phone number.
(b) A bible.
(c) God's phone number.
(d) A map.

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

5. What does the Rat include in his second letter to the Main Character?
(a) An obituary and cash.
(b) A bulletin.
(c) A postcard.
(d) A picture and a check.

6. When does the Main Character say that the Girlfriend is most likely to display her ears?
(a) During sex.
(b) When she wants attention.
(c) When there are children around.
(d) When there are animals around.

7. From where does the postmark indicate that the Rat's first letter is sent?
(a) Honshu.
(b) London.
(c) The United States.
(d) Hokkaido.

8. How does the Strange Man respond to the Main Character's attempts at small talk during their phone call in Chapter 22?
(a) With silence.
(b) He urges him to get to the point.
(c) He tells him to stop wasting his time.
(d) He is uncharacteristically friendly.

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

10. How much money does the Main Character have from the Strange Man?
(a) 1,000 American dollars.
(b) 500 thousand yen notes.
(c) 150 ten thousand yen notes.
(d) 20,000 American dollars.

11. What does the Main Character see upon arriving home in Chapter 2?
(a) A peacock.
(b) A puddle of water.
(c) Red high-heeled shoes.
(d) A present wrapped in gold paper.

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

13. How old is the Girlfriend as noted in Chapter 4?
(a) 29.
(b) 21.
(c) 18.
(d) 35.

14. What does the Girlfriend tell the Main Character about her ears?
(a) They bring her great luck.
(b) She gets a high off showing them.
(c) They bring her great misery.
(d) She rarely displays them.

15. Who tells the Main Character that there are only 5,000 sheep in Japan?
(a) The Boss.
(b) The Strange Man.
(c) The Limo Driver.
(d) The Girlfriend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Strange Man believe is really the Boss's problem?

2. What fantasy does the Main Character have often as a college student?

3. What do the Main Character and his business partner first discuss in Chapter 7?

4. What best describes the Girlfriend's feelings about her ears?

5. Whose phone number does the Limo Driver say he has?

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