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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the actress the writer sees being seduced in the film in Chapter 14?
(a) Miss Yumiyoshi.
(b) Ame.
(c) Yuki.
(d) Kiki.

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

3. What is the young girl doing whom the narrator spots in the hotel bar in Chapter 6?
(a) Drawing.
(b) Eating lunch.
(c) Reading the paper.
(d) Listening to a Walkman.

4. Ryoichi Gotanda was a former what to the narrator?
(a) Lover.
(b) Lab partner.
(c) Wife.
(d) Political rival.

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

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

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

8. Where does the narrator go to find the news article about the selling of the hotel in Chapter 7?
(a) A used bookstore.
(b) The library.
(c) A local historian.
(d) The newspaper headquarters.

9. In Chapter 12, the writer returns to the bedroom and is plagued by what?
(a) Nightmares.
(b) Fever.
(c) Insomnia.
(d) Coughing.

10. Who answers the door when the writers knocks in Chapter 10?
(a) The Dog Guy.
(b) The Ape Brother.
(c) The Sheep Man.
(d) The Tree Dude.

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

12. What was the manager's reaction when the receptionist told him about her strange experience, as told in Chapter 7?
(a) He said she was crazy.
(b) He went to check it out.
(c) He told her not to tell anyone.
(d) He sent the janitor to check it out.

13. 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) East Indian style.
(d) Colonial style.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The protagonist makes an analogy of the Dolphin Hotel to what in Chapter 1?

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

3. The receptionist at the hotel had a strange experience on what floor, as related in Chapter 7?

4. The character named Kiki was what before becoming an actress?

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

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