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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 35, the cop reveals to the writer that it is a mystery why Mei worked as what?

2. In Chapter 30, who reads poetry to the writer?

3. In Chapter 23, the writer tells Yuki about the Sheep Man and how he sort of works as ____________.

4. In Chapter 39, the writer spends how many days in his apartment, not eating, drinking or sleeping?

5. After he is released from the police station in Chapter 23, the writer thinks of whom and wonders if she too will be killed?

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 does Yuki reveal about the hotel receptionist in Chapter 27? What does the writer learn when he contacts her?

4. How does the relationship between the protagonist and Dick progress in Chapter 30?

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

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

7. What does Yuki reveal after seeing the film "Unrequited Love" in Chapter 38?

8. Describe the continued dialogue between the police and the protagonist in Chapter 21. How does the narrator feel about his treatment?

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

10. What do the police ask the protagonist at the station in Chapter 21? What is his response?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the objectives and emotional state of the protagonist in Chapters 12 and 13. How has the appearance of the Sheep Man changed the protagonist and his objectives?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of abandonment in the novel. How does this theme apply to both the narrator and to Yuki?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the narrator's treatment by the police and the events in Chapters 22 and 23. Why did the narrator not summon a lawyer?

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