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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the Sheep Professor?
(a) The father of the owner of the Dolphin Hotel.
(b) A retired professor who owns the bookstore.
(c) The father of the owner of the Ovine Theater.
(d) A retired professor who live above the bookstore.

2. Where does the man begin his part of the search for the sheep?
(a) Travel and tourism places.
(b) The postcard section at the bookstore.
(c) Local sheep ranches.
(d) The Ovine Theater.

3. What vehicle is sent to pick up the cat?
(a) A dilapidated taxicab.
(b) The Boss's Limo.
(c) The Strange Man's sleek black sedan.
(d) An animal transport bus.

4. What fantasy does the man have as he is cooking dinner in Chapter 35?
(a) He imagines getting on a train.
(b) He imagines cooking dinner for the Rat.
(c) He imagines marrying the Girlfriend.
(d) He imagines owning a restaurant.

5. What does the Main Character do on the seventh day of the trip to help locate the Rat?
(a) Places an ad in the paper.
(b) Asks door to door.
(c) Calls the female friend of the Rat's.
(d) Posts fliers around the town.

6. Where did the Sheep Professor once work?
(a) The US Army.
(b) The Ministry of Forestry and Agriculture.
(c) The Japanese Secret Service.
(d) The Ministry of Science.

7. What does the Main Character find outside of the villa that indicates someone, other than the Rat, has been there?
(a) A message stapled to a tree.
(b) A woman's glove.
(c) Cigarette butts.
(d) Sled tracks.

8. Who starts speaking to the Main Character in the darkness in Chapter 38?
(a) The Boss.
(b) The Girlfriend.
(c) The Sheep.
(d) The Rat.

9. What strategy do the Girlfriend and the Main Character come up with for hunting the sheep?
(a) She will locate the area of the photo and he will talk to business owners.
(b) She will get maps of the area and he talk to sheep owners.
(c) She will research sheep and he will locate the area of the photo.
(d) She will interview locals and he will research sheep.

10. What do the Main Character and the Girlfriend eat after arriving at the station in Chapter 24?
(a) They do not eat. They drink beer.
(b) Breakfast.
(c) Lunch.
(d) A snack of peanuts and pretzels.

11. Why does the caretaker admit that he will not take the Main Character and the Girlfriend any further up the mountain road?
(a) He has been threatened if he takes them any further.
(b) He has been paid to stop here.
(c) He believes it is unlucky.
(d) He has run out of gas.

12. What does the caretaker at the ranch tell the Main Character that he must do to the sheep on the day of his visit?
(a) Shear them.
(b) Disinfect them.
(c) Read to them.
(d) Brand them.

13. On what basis do the Girlfriend and the Main Character select a hotel to stay in?
(a) Its name.
(b) Its proximity to their location.
(c) The ad in the phone book.
(d) A recommendation from a local.

14. What do the Main Character and the Girlfriend observe as they go further up the mountain road?
(a) The road worsens.
(b) Everything has been burned to the ground.
(c) There are headstones along the roadside.
(d) There is a single small hut every few miles.

15. What is the Main Character doing on the tenth day of his visit when the Sheep Man returns to the villa?
(a) Scrubbing the floor.
(b) Reading a book.
(c) Playing the guitar.
(d) Cooking.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says that names are given to things with purpose that are familiar and not mass produced?

2. Who is buried in the garage?

3. Who else does the Sheep Professor say has been looking for the Sheep?

4. Who admits, after revealing the Rat's situation, to having sent the Girlfriend away?

5. What best describes the appearance of the Dolphin Hotel?

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