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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. Yuki returns where in Chapter 33?

2. At the movies, Yuki doubles over in pain when whose scene comes on in Chapter 37?

3. In Chapter 36, it has been how long since the writer has worked?

4. In Chapter 34, the writer explains to Yuki that you can't just say mean things why?

5. In Chapter 26, the writer offers to drive Gotanda where?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who has died in Chapter 34? What conversation takes place between the protagonist and Yuki regarding the death?

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

3. Where does Yuki suggest she and the protagonist go on a trip in Chapter 27? Why?

4. What is the protagonist's impression of the police in Chapter 21? What takes place?

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

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

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

8. What conversation takes place between the protagonist and Yuki's mother in Chapter 29? How does the writer feel upon leaving?

9. How is the protagonist's interrogation described in Chapter 22?

10. What first encounter does the protagonist relate to Gotanda in Chapter 34?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role of Kiki in the narrative. How has Kiki's role in the protagonist's life changed up until this point?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Describe the settings of Haneda, Tokyo and Akasaka in the narrative. What leads the writer to each of these locales?

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