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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how long did the protagonist remain reclusive following his divorce and depression, as described in Chapter 2?
(a) 5 weeks.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 12 days.
(d) 1 year.

2. In describing Ryoichi Gotanda, the writer comments that he never understood how someone could be so what?
(a) Cruel.
(b) Callous.
(c) Ignorant.
(d) Perfect.

3. Whom does the writer see seducing a woman in the film in Chapter 14?
(a) Ryoichi Gotanda.
(b) The Sheep Man.
(c) Hiraku Makimura.
(d) Ame.

4. Where do the writer and the girl arrive in Chapter 16?
(a) Tokyo.
(b) Haneda.
(c) Sapporo.
(d) Kathmandu.

5. When does the receptionist wake up the writer in Chapter 12?
(a) 11 a.m.
(b) 5 a.m.
(c) 9 a.m.
(d) 3 p.m.

6. What is the narrative voice of the novel?
(a) Third person.
(b) First person.
(c) Second person.
(d) Fourth person.

7. What kind of car does the protagonist drive?
(a) Lexus.
(b) Mitsubishi.
(c) Subaru.
(d) Nissan.

8. The Sheep Man warns that the writer could get stuck in what in Chapter 11?
(a) Suspended animation.
(b) The in-between.
(c) The netherworld.
(d) A wormhole.

9. In the stead where the Dolphin Hotel once stood is a building that is designed in what style in Chapter 4?
(a) Victorian style.
(b) Bauhaus-Art Deco style.
(c) Colonial style.
(d) East Indian style.

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

11. Where do the writer and photographer arrive in the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Haneda.
(b) Hakodate.
(c) Hokkaido.
(d) Honolulu.

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

13. What is the name of the young girl whom the writer accompanies on her flight in Chapter 16?
(a) Yuki.
(b) Kiki.
(c) Ame.
(d) Saki.

14. At what time does the writer go to dinner in Chapter 13?
(a) 6 p.m.
(b) 4 p.m.
(c) 9 p.m.
(d) 11 p.m.

15. How old is the girl that the narrator sees in the bar in Chapter 6?
(a) 11.
(b) 13.
(c) 14.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What literary style does the narrator describe as rhetoric for rhetoric's sake in Chapter 17?

3. What is the only item of furniture in the Sheep Man's room?

4. How long has it been since the protagonist has seen Kiki in Chapter 4?

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

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