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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 is the young girl doing whom the narrator spots in the hotel bar in Chapter 6?
(a) Reading the paper.
(b) Listening to a Walkman.
(c) Eating lunch.
(d) Drawing.

2. Ryoichi Gotanda was a former what to the narrator?
(a) Political rival.
(b) Lab partner.
(c) Wife.
(d) Lover.

3. How long has the film been playing when the writer decides to watch it in Chapter 14?
(a) 30 minutes.
(b) 45 minutes.
(c) 7 minutes.
(d) 12 minutes.

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

5. Where does the narrator go to find the news article about the selling of the hotel in Chapter 7?
(a) A used bookstore.
(b) The library.
(c) A local historian.
(d) The newspaper headquarters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the writer sit on in the strange room in Chapter 11?

2. In Chapter 9, the writer develops an elaborate fantasy about what actress?

3. For how long did the protagonist remain reclusive following his divorce and depression, as described in Chapter 2?

4. Who does the bartender say the girl at the bar is waiting for in Chapter 6?

5. In Chapter 8, the writer calls his former business partner where?

(see the answer key)

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