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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the person who speaks to the Main Character in the darkness in Chapter 38 tell him about the Rat?
(a) That the Rat is dead.
(b) That the Rat needs will need his help tomorrow.
(c) That the Rat has killed the person who is speaking.
(d) That the Rat is going to kill him.

2. What happened to the Sheep Professor in 1935?
(a) He created the Sheep.
(b) He gave the Sheep its powers and its star marking.
(c) He was entered by the Sheep.
(d) He observed a friend who was controlled by the Sheep.

3. Where does the Sheep Professor tell the Main Character and the Girlfriend that it is considered a blessing for a sheep to enter a human?
(a) Nepal.
(b) Southern China and Vietnam.
(c) Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam.
(d) Northern China and Mongolia.

4. Who do the Main Character and the Girlfriend discover is waiting when they arrive at the villa on the mountain?
(a) The Business Partner.
(b) The Rat.
(c) No one.
(d) An older woman.

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

6. Whom does the Main Character discover at the unlucky bend in the road?
(a) The Strange Man.
(b) The Sheep Man.
(c) The Sheep.
(d) The Girlfriend.

7. Who else does the Sheep Professor say has been looking for the Sheep?
(a) A friendly limo driver.
(b) The Rat.
(c) A demanding Japanese woman.
(d) The Strange Man.

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

9. What does the Girlfriend tell the Main Character that she has learned after their first day of research and hunting for the sheep?
(a) There are no maps of a certain area of this region.
(b) Some local maps have blacked out portions.
(c) The government will not disclose their tracking data.
(d) The government has stopped tracking sheep.

10. Who drives the vehicle that arrives to pick up the cat?
(a) The Business Partner's brother-in-law.
(b) The Strange Man.
(c) The Limo Driver.
(d) An American with a poor accent.

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

12. What do the Main Character, the Girlfriend and the person who comes to pick up the cat discuss early in Chapter 24?
(a) The advertising business.
(b) The superiority of animals over humans.
(c) Messages from God.
(d) The starred sheep.

13. After the couple checks into a hotel in Junitaki, what does the Main character do?
(a) Visits the local library.
(b) Visits the Town Hall.
(c) Visits the farm next door.
(d) Talks to the concierge about the locals.

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

15. What object does the Main Character discover in a book at the villa while he is waiting for the Rat to arrive?
(a) The Strange Man's business card.
(b) A paper-thin mirror.
(c) The ad he submitted seeking the Rat.
(d) The bulletin with the starred sheep.

Short Answer Questions

1. What vehicle is sent to pick up the cat?

2. During the naming discussion in Chapter 24, what object is mentioned as a thing that is not named?

3. Who arrives at the villa and tells the Main Character that he has behaved selfishly?

4. What does the Main Character do on the seventh day of the trip to help locate the Rat?

5. How do the Girlfriend and the Main Character feel about the Limo Driver?

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