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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. In Chapter 15, the writer is asked to accompany a young girl on a flight because the girl's mother had left her there to take an assignment where?
(a) Sapporo.
(b) Honolulu.
(c) Kathmandu.
(d) Haneda.

5. What is the name of the young girl whom the writer accompanies on her flight in Chapter 16?
(a) Saki.
(b) Yuki.
(c) Kiki.
(d) Ame.

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

7. The writer and photographer take a day after the assignment to do what in Chapter 4?
(a) Go cross-country skiing.
(b) Visit a casino.
(c) Go fishing.
(d) Go kayaking.

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

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

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

11. Whom does the writer promise to have dinner with when he returns in Chapter 15?
(a) The hotel manager.
(b) The receptionist.
(c) Yuki.
(d) The Sheep Man.

12. The interior of the hotel in Chapter 5 is described as what by the narrator?
(a) Dingy.
(b) Opulent.
(c) Gaudy.
(d) Dilapitated.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is the actress the writer sees being seduced in the film in Chapter 14?

4. The protagonist tells his business connections that he must take a trip for how long in Chapter 3?

5. In Chapter 12, the writer returns to the bedroom and is plagued by what?

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