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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. How is the Strange Man dressed?
(a) In a trench coat and gloves.
(b) Formally.
(c) In a polo shirt and Dockers.
(d) Like a bum.

2. What is the name of the person who dies in Chapter 1?
(a) Li.
(b) Song.
(c) Not revealed.
(d) Harumi.

3. What time is the Main Character told that the Boss would send a car for him?
(a) Sunset.
(b) Four.
(c) Sunrise.
(d) Noon.

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

5. What is the trilateral power base that the Boss is said to control?
(a) Bankers, newspapers, and educational institutions.
(b) Scientific institutions, a political party, and gold mines.
(c) Politicians, information services, and stocks.
(d) Japanese imports, publishing, and politicians.

Short Answer Questions

1. What relationship does the Main Character share with the person who dies in Chapter 1?

2. What is in the photograph that the Main Character used in the bulletin?

3. Why does the Strange Man give the Main Character a magnifying glass?

4. What does the Rat include in his second letter to the Main Character?

5. Why does the Main Character say that his relationship with his ex-wife is over?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Strange Man continue to threaten the Main Character in Chapter 22?

2. What is the importance of the Whale's Penis?

3. What is the cause of the friction between the Strange Man and the Main Character?

4. Describe the Main Character's efforts to connect with others in Chapters 19 through 21.

5. Describe the mystery surrounding the Boss's illness.

6. Does the Main Character trust his new girlfriend?

7. Is the Girlfriend a passive person?

8. What is the significance of the Rat's second letter?

9. How does the Boss come to gain his power?

10. How does the Main Character feel about the death of his former lover?

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