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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the woman who lived with the writer at the Dolphin Hotel?
(a) Kiki.
(b) Lele.
(c) Mimi.
(d) Rene.

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

3. In Chapter 8, the writer calls his former business partner where?
(a) Sapporo.
(b) Kathmandu.
(c) Hakodate.
(d) Tokyo.

4. In Chapter 15, the writer decides to book a flight where?
(a) Tokyo.
(b) Sapporo.
(c) Hakone.
(d) Tsujido.

5. What is the name of Yuki's mother in the novel?
(a) Kiki.
(b) Ame.
(c) Mei.
(d) Miss Yumiyoshi.

6. The young girl tells the writer that she and her mother have a place to stay where in Chapter 16?
(a) Tokyo.
(b) Sapporo.
(c) Yokohama.
(d) Akasaka.

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

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

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

10. What is the name of the receptionist at the hotel whom the narrator befriends?
(a) Miss Yumiyoshi.
(b) Ame.
(c) Hiraku Makimura.
(d) Mei.

11. The Sheep Man says that the only thing the writer can do is what in Chapter 11?
(a) Dance.
(b) Look.
(c) Listen.
(d) Believe.

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

13. The assignment the protagonist goes on in Chapter 2 involves writing about what?
(a) Restaurants.
(b) Animals.
(c) Cars.
(d) Men.

14. Where is the Dolphin Hotel located?
(a) Tokyo.
(b) Sapporo.
(c) Hokkaido.
(d) Hakone.

15. What does the writer sit on in the strange room in Chapter 11?
(a) Books.
(b) A chair.
(c) A pillow.
(d) A stool.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the young girl doing whom the narrator spots in the hotel bar in Chapter 6?

2. Where does the narrator go to find the news article about the selling of the hotel in Chapter 7?

3. How long has the film been playing when the writer decides to watch it in Chapter 14?

4. What is the young girl doing the following morning when the narrator sees her again in Chapter 6?

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

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