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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. The protagonist tells his business connections that he must take a trip for how long in Chapter 3?
(a) 3 weeks.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 9 days.

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

3. For how long did the protagonist remain reclusive following his divorce and depression, as described in Chapter 2?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 5 weeks.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 12 days.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Sheep Man tells the writer that his people were chased where long ago in Chapter 11?

2. What is the name of Ryoichi Gotanda's latest movie in the novel?

3. When the receptionist visits the writer in Chapter 12, he keeps mentioning what creature?

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

5. The narrator considers what to be a stupid name for a band in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Yuki describe her relationship with her parents in Chapter 16?

2. Where does the protagonist tell his business associates he must go in Chapter 3? Why?

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

4. On what assignment does the protagonist go in Chapter 2? How does he describe his job?

5. How does the protagonist describe his entrance into his profession in Chapter 3?

6. How does the narrator pass his day in Chapter 7? What are his emotions like?

7. How does the protagonist feel when he returns to his hotel room in Chapter 12? When does he sleep and awaken?

8. How does the protagonist describe Ryoichi Gotanda in Chapter 8?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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