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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long did the protagonist remain reclusive following his divorce and depression, as described in Chapter 2?

2. What is the only item of furniture in the Sheep Man's room?

3. When the receptionist comes to talk to the writer in Chapter 7, he cannot get what individual out of his mind?

4. In Chapter 8, the writer calls his former business partner where?

5. The assignment the protagonist goes on in Chapter 2 involves writing about what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the protagonist of the novel introduced in Chapter 1? What is he obsessed with in the beginning of the narrative?

2. How does the protagonist describe the interior of the hotel in Chapter 5?

3. How does the narrator describe the Dolphin Hotel in Chapter 1?

4. What favor does the hotel receptionist ask of the protagonist in Chapter 15? What is his response?

5. What stranger does the writer feel a strange connection with in Chapter 6?

6. When did the protagonist re-enter society after his depression, as described in Chapter 2?

7. Why does the hotel receptionist speak under false pretenses in Chapter 7?

8. What thoughts consume the protagonist in Chapter 13? Why?

9. What does the protagonist ask of his former business partner in Chapter 8?

10. Where does the author arrive in Chapter 4? What does he do after arriving?

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