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

2. The protagonist makes an analogy of the Dolphin Hotel to what in Chapter 1?
(a) A match.
(b) A castle.
(c) A dungeon.
(d) A button.

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

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) Haneda.
(b) Sapporo.
(c) Kathmandu.
(d) Honolulu.

5. When the protagonist thinks of the Dolphin Hotel in Chapter 1, he recalls it as being what?
(a) Extravagant.
(b) A skyscraper.
(c) A dive.
(d) Opulent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of car does the protagonist drive?

2. Whom does Yuki mention which chills the writer in Chapter 19?

3. The receptionist at the hotel had a strange experience on what floor, as related in Chapter 7?

4. What is the young girl doing whom the narrator spots in the hotel bar in Chapter 6?

5. In what country is the novel set?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What led to a previous depression of the protagonist's, as described in Chapter 2?

3. What events take place when the protagonist awakens in Chapter 14?

4. What movie release does the protagonist read about in Chapter 8? What are his feelings about the film?

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

6. What does the protagonist discover at the library in Chapter 7?

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

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

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

10. What fantasy consumes the protagonist in Chapter 9?

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