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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the Strange Man give the Main Character a magnifying glass?
(a) To look at the sheep photograph.
(b) To burn bugs.
(c) As a form of protection.
(d) To look at a document.

2. What does the Strange Man give to the Main Character in Chapter 18 before telling him to leave?
(a) An address.
(b) A picture of the Girlfriend with the starred sheep.
(c) A large sum of money.
(d) Lunch.

3. What are the three occupations of the Girlfriend?
(a) Teacher, accountant, and sales clerk.
(b) Delivery person, Feng Shui advisor, and operator.
(c) Model, proofreader, and call girl.
(d) Graphic designer, psychic, and dog walker.

4. From where does the Main Character phone his business partner in Chapter 23?
(a) His apartment.
(b) A grungy public phone.
(c) A nearby bar.
(d) The office.

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

6. What does the Rat refuse to give to the Main Character in his first letter?
(a) The dreams he is having.
(b) His address.
(c) The name of his new wife.
(d) The money he owes him.

7. What does the Main Character give to the person he meets per the Rat's request?
(a) Letters.
(b) A book.
(c) Money.
(d) A Kiss.

8. For what length of time does the Strange Man tell the Main Character that he will leave him alone?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Not a single moment, until this mission is complete.
(c) Eight hours a night.
(d) One month.

9. 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.

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

11. What does the Business Partner believe about the business?
(a) That it is overextended.
(b) That it is going to be audited.
(c) That it has great potential.
(d) That it is failing.

12. Who once incarcerated the Boss?
(a) Guerrilla forces.
(b) Japanese military forces.
(c) Chinese military forces.
(d) Occupation forces.

13. What does the Strange Man tell the Main Character about the object seen through the magnifying glass?
(a) It implicates the Main Character.
(b) It does not exist.
(c) It puts the Rat in grave danger.
(d) It is part of a sacred text.

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

15. What best describes the mental state of the Main Character at the time he knew the person who dies in Chapter 1?
(a) Unfocused.
(b) Peaceful.
(c) Driven.
(d) Angst ridden.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does the Rat ask the Main Character to visit for him?

2. Where do the Sixteen Steps that title Chapter 2 actually lead?

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

4. What does the Main Character say about honest work in Chapter 7?

5. Why does the Strange Man Call the Main Character after his return from the Boss's home?

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