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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 24, the writer is intrigued by Hiraku Makimura's opulent lifestyle, including __________.
(a) A Rolls Royce.
(b) His plane.
(c) A gold fountain.
(d) His valet.

2. In Chapter 33, the writer begins to try to connect things together with what?
(a) "The CIA."
(b) "The Assimilation."
(c) "The Organization."
(d) "The Cult."

3. What object did the police find to tie the writer to the murder victim in Chapter 21?
(a) His hat.
(b) His watch.
(c) His wallet.
(d) His business card.

4. What does the writer find inside an apartment after following Kiki in Chapter 30?
(a) Piles of newspapers.
(b) Dozens of cats.
(c) 6 skeletons.
(d) Hundreds of rats.

5. Dick dies while he is out doing what in Chapter 34?
(a) Eating at a restaurant.
(b) Surfing.
(c) Jogging.
(d) Shopping at a market.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Yuki hope to visit on a trip with the writer in Chapter 27?

2. In Chapter 29, Yuki and the writer make a trip to visit Amé where they meet her newest conquest, a one-armed poet named what?

3. Who does Yuki say has killed Kiki in Chapter 38?

4. What does the writer find written on a scrap of paper and left on the windowsill in an apartment building in Chapter 30?

5. In Chapter 26, the writer knows that Gotanda is innocent and did not want to do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the protagonist find when he visits Yuki in Chapter 37?

2. What conversation does the protagonist have with Yuki regarding their communication in Chapter 20?

3. What do the police present to the protagonist as the cause of his interrogation in Chapter 21? How does the protagonist respond?

4. What leads up to the protagonist's eventual release in Chapter 22?

5. What leads up to the protagonist's encounter with Gotanda in Chapter 39?

6. What encounter does the protagonist attempt to hide from Yuki in Chapter 29? What is her reaction?

7. Where does the protagonist encounter Bookish in Chapter 35? What does Bookish say?

8. What happens when the protagonist spots Kiki in Chapter 30? Where does this encounter lead him?

9. What is the protagonist's emotional state in Chapter 20? What does Yuki tell him about it?

10. What new character is introduced in Chapter 29? Where are they?

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