View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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.

4. 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 animals around.
(d) When there are children around.

5. What does the Main Character say about honest work in Chapter 7?
(a) It is not profitable.
(b) It is available only to the poor.
(c) It is good for the soul.
(d) It does not exist.

6. Where does the bar owner suggest that the Main Character stay while he is in town?
(a) With the bar owner.
(b) With the Rat's friend.
(c) With the Rat's family.
(d) With the Main Character's family.

7. What does the Strange Man give to the Business Partner?
(a) An incriminating photograph.
(b) A pen.
(c) A business card.
(d) A list of demands.

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

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

10. Who is referred to as the Boss?
(a) The man behind the largest liberal political party in Japan.
(b) The man behind the political structure of Japan.
(c) The man behind a mysterious Internet based business.
(d) The man behind the largest corporation in Japan.

11. What does the Rat send to the Main Character along with his first letter?
(a) An advertisement and a stamp.
(b) An addressed and stamped envelope.
(c) A lighter.
(d) A novel.

12. What losses do the Strange Man and the Main Character discuss in Chapter 17?
(a) The implied loss of the Main Character's life.
(b) Business losses due to pulling the sheep bulletin.
(c) Losses of loved ones.
(d) The Boss's losses due to his health problem.

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

14. What does the Main Character find in the back of the limo that the Strange Man sends to pick him up and bring him to the Boss?
(a) A travel mug with a worm emblem.
(b) A lighter with a sheep emblem.
(c) A lighter with a worm emblem.
(d) A travel mug with a sheep emblem.

15. What is in the photograph that the Main Character used in the bulletin?
(a) Worms digging in dirt.
(b) The Girlfriend and the Boss.
(c) A famous and powerful man.
(d) A herd of sheep.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does the Strange Man demand to speak to?

2. Where does the Main Character first meet the person who dies in Chapter 1?

3. What political party is under the Boss's control?

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

5. What does the Strange Man want the Main Character to tell him in Chapter 17?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 601 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample