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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. The protagonist's job consisted mostly of what type of work in the beginning, as described in Chapter 3?
(a) Janitorial.
(b) Computer work.
(c) PR work.
(d) Construction work.

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

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

7. Who told the writer that not knowing is what hurts other people, as revealed in Chapter 13?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother.
(c) His grandmother.
(d) His ex-wife.

8. The assignment the protagonist goes on in Chapter 2 involves writing for what?
(a) A kid's magazine.
(b) A women's magazine.
(c) A scientific journal.
(d) A daily newspaper.

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

10. The narrator considers what to be a stupid name for a band in Chapter 6?
(a) The Who.
(b) Genesis.
(c) Led Zeppelin.
(d) Pink Floyd.

11. After the assignment is finished, the writer decides to go where in Chapter 4?
(a) Tsujido.
(b) Yokohama.
(c) Tokyo.
(d) Sapporo.

12. How does the receptionist describe the air as smelling just before she had a strange experience in the hotel in Chapter 7?
(a) Moldy.
(b) Like garbage.
(c) Like beer.
(d) Like sulphur.

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

14. What is the profession of Yuki's mother in the novel?
(a) Photographer.
(b) Speaker.
(c) Writer.
(d) Actress.

15. Where does the protagonist go on assignment in Chapter 2?
(a) Akasaka.
(b) Tokyo.
(c) Hokkaido.
(d) Sapporo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the writer have breakfast in Chapter 14?

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

3. Who does the bartender say the girl at the bar is waiting for in Chapter 6?

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

5. Ryoichi Gotanda was a former what to the narrator?

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