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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the stead where the Dolphin Hotel once stood is a building that is how many stories tall in Chapter 4?
(a) 41.
(b) 18.
(c) 12.
(d) 26.

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

3. Where does the writer step inside to use the restroom during his walk in Chapter 14?
(a) A movie theater.
(b) A library.
(c) A police station.
(d) A restaurant.

4. How long has it been since the protagonist has seen Kiki in Chapter 4?
(a) 4.5 years.
(b) 10 weeks.
(c) 18 months.
(d) 41 days.

5. When the receptionist visits the writer in Chapter 12, he keeps mentioning what creature?
(a) A blue parrot.
(b) A red spider.
(c) A gray gorilla.
(d) A green fish.

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

7. The receptionist at the hotel talks to the writer under the guise of discussing what in Chapter 7?
(a) Local traditions.
(b) Car rentals.
(c) Restaurants.
(d) Area attractions.

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

9. The receptionist at the hotel had a strange experience on what floor, as related in Chapter 7?
(a) 16th.
(b) 5th.
(c) 1st.
(d) 12th.

10. What is the young girl doing the following morning when the narrator sees her again in Chapter 6?
(a) Swimming in the pool.
(b) Sitting in the lobby.
(c) Leaving the hotel.
(d) Having breakfast with her mother.

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

12. The narrator refers to his job as shoveling what in Chapter 2?
(a) Mental dung.
(b) Cultural snow.
(c) Brain fluff.
(d) Consumer dribble.

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

14. The Sheep Man's world is a place in the shadows where people go when they need to find out what?
(a) The local gossip.
(b) Why they are sick.
(c) The meaning of life.
(d) How things are connected.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The Sheep Man tells the writer that his people were chased where long ago in Chapter 11?

4. What is the narrative voice of the novel?

5. Whom does the writer promise to have dinner with when he returns in Chapter 15?

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