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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where do the Sixteen Steps that title Chapter 2 actually lead?
(a) To the Main Character's apartment.
(b) To a wall with no door.
(c) To the laundry room.
(d) To the roof of the building.

4. What does the Main Character see when he uses the magnifying glass?
(a) The Rat's signature.
(b) Hidden text.
(c) A starred sheep.
(d) A picture of the Rat.

5. What does the Strange Man tell the Business Partner that the company must do?
(a) Start to publish a bulletin that contains specific information.
(b) Hire the person he indicates.
(c) Stop publishing a certain bulletin.
(d) Fire the Girlfriend.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the Girlfriend as noted in Chapter 4?

2. From where does the Main Character phone his business partner in Chapter 23?

3. What does the Main Character realize about his photos at the end of Chapter 3?

4. Whom does the Main Character live with?

5. How much money does the Main Character have from the Strange Man?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Rat's relationship to the Main Character.

2. Why is the sex between the Main Character and the woman with the beautiful ears important?

3. Describe the Main Character's dream the first time he rides in the Boss's limo.

4. What evidence is there in Chapter 2 that the Main Character and his ex-wife still care for each other?

5. Is the Girlfriend a passive person?

6. Does the Main Character trust his new girlfriend?

7. Why does the ex-wife not want the Main Character to deliver her belongings to her new home?

8. How important is the cat to the Main Character?

9. Describe the relationship between the Main Character and his ex-wife.

10. How does the Strange Man convince the Business Partner to meet his demands?

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