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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. Whom does the writer call to explain his situation from the police precinct in Chapter 21?

2. What nicknames does the writer give to the police officers who question him in Chapter 21?

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

4. In Chapter 33, the writer's life is relatively normal although he does not what?

5. Yuki tells the writer that the receptionist's name from the Dolphin Hotel is what in Chapter 27?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the character of Yuki in the novel. How does the protagonist relate to this young girl? What does Yuki symbolize to the narrator?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the character of the Sheep Man in the novel. What is indicated by the style of speech the Sheep Man uses?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss the characters of Fisherman and Bookish in the novel. How do these characters indicate the rising action of the narrative?

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