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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through chapters 12-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The writer and photographer take a day after the assignment to do what in Chapter 4?
(a) Go cross-country skiing.
(b) Visit a casino.
(c) Go kayaking.
(d) Go fishing.

2. Where does the writer have breakfast in Chapter 14?
(a) Dunkin' Donuts.
(b) Starbucks.
(c) McDonalds.
(d) Denny's.

3. What pet did the protagonist have which died in his flashback in Chapter 2?
(a) An iguana.
(b) A dog.
(c) A snake.
(d) A cat.

4. The protagonist's job consisted mostly of what type of work in the beginning, as described in Chapter 3?
(a) Janitorial.
(b) PR work.
(c) Construction work.
(d) Computer work.

5. Whom does Yuki mention which chills the writer in Chapter 19?
(a) Ryoichi Gotanda.
(b) Miss Yumiyoshi.
(c) The Sheep Man.
(d) Kiki.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the receptionist describe the air as smelling just before she had a strange experience in the hotel in Chapter 7?

2. The interior of the hotel in Chapter 5 is described as what by the narrator?

3. In Chapter 12, the writer returns to the bedroom and is plagued by what?

4. The assignment the protagonist goes on in Chapter 2 involves writing about what?

5. What is the profession of Yuki's father in the novel?

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