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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the profession of the protagonist in the novel?
(a) Freelance writer.
(b) Accountant.
(c) Car salesman.
(d) Construction worker.

3. In Chapter 9, the narrator has an eerie experience on what floor of the hotel?
(a) 10th.
(b) 4th.
(c) 7th.
(d) 15th.

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

5. What is the name of Ryoichi Gotanda's latest movie in the novel?
(a) "A Murder Forgotten."
(b) "Lost Love."
(c) "Dance Dance Dance."
(d) "Unrequited Love."

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

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

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

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

10. 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.

11. In Chapter 9, the writer is restless and wishes that the receptionist did not have what that night?
(a) A martial arts lesson.
(b) A date.
(c) Swim club.
(d) A college class.

12. When the receptionist comes to talk to the writer in Chapter 7, he cannot get what individual out of his mind?
(a) His business partner.
(b) The old owner of the hotel.
(c) His mother.
(d) His niece.

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

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

15. What is the profession of Yuki's father in the novel?
(a) Banker.
(b) Novelist.
(c) Photographer.
(d) Race car driver.

Short Answer Questions

1. The receptionist at the hotel talks to the writer under the guise of discussing what in Chapter 7?

2. Who told the writer that not knowing is what hurts other people, as revealed in Chapter 13?

3. What is the name of Yuki's father in the novel?

4. In the stead where the Dolphin Hotel once stood is a building that is how many stories tall in Chapter 4?

5. The writer and photographer take a day after the assignment to do what in Chapter 4?

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