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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through chapters 20-26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word refers to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics?
(a) Avant-garde.
(b) Constructionist.
(c) Liberal.
(d) Conservative.

2. The interior of the hotel in Chapter 5 is described as what by the narrator?
(a) Opulent.
(b) Dingy.
(c) Dilapitated.
(d) Gaudy.

3. How old is the protagonist of the novel?
(a) 34.
(b) 19.
(c) 51.
(d) 27.

4. The Sheep Man tells the writer that his people were chased where long ago in Chapter 11?
(a) The mountains.
(b) The desert.
(c) The swamp.
(d) The woods.

5. The protagonist tells his business connections that he must go where in Chapter 3?
(a) Akasaka.
(b) Tokyo.
(c) Sapporo.
(d) Hokkaido.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname did Yuki acquire due to her sensitive observations in school?

2. Where does the protagonist go on assignment in Chapter 2?

3. In Chapter 9, the narrator has an eerie experience on what floor of the hotel?

4. The protagonist's job consisted mostly of what type of work in the beginning, as described in Chapter 3?

5. In Chapter 9, the writer is restless and wishes that the receptionist did not have what that night?

(see the answer key)

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