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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through chapters 40-44.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how long does the narrator say he stood staring agape at the building in Chapter 4?
(a) 23 minutes.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 5 hours.
(d) 20 seconds.

2. What is significant about the manner in which the Sheep Man speaks in the novel?
(a) His words all run together.
(b) He starts every sentence with "I think."
(c) He writes everything down instead of using his voice.
(d) He never speaks the letter "a."

3. In the end of Chapter 44, the writer awakens and wonders if Sheep Man was what?
(a) God.
(b) The sixth skeleton.
(c) Ryoichi Gotanda.
(d) Himself.

4. In Chapter 33, the writer's life is relatively normal although he does not what?
(a) Work.
(b) Call his mother.
(c) Talk to his family.
(d) Speak with Gotanda.

5. What is the profession of the protagonist in the novel?
(a) Construction worker.
(b) Freelance writer.
(c) Car salesman.
(d) Accountant.

Short Answer Questions

1. The assignment the protagonist goes on in Chapter 2 involves writing for what?

2. In the stead where the Dolphin Hotel once stood is a building that is designed in what style in Chapter 4?

3. How long is the writer's statement which he must review in Chapter 22?

4. In Chapter 29, alone at the hotel, the writer is greeted by a woman named what?

5. The receptionist at the hotel talks to the writer under the guise of discussing what in Chapter 7?

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