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

2. Where does Yuki suggest she and the writer take a trip in Chapter 27?

3. When Gotanda drops by in Chapter 39, he and the protagonist go out for what?

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

5. Yuki decides to ____________ while the writer talks to Hiraku Makimura in Chapter 24.

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Bookish reveal about Mei and the investigation in Chapter 35?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why does the protagonist agree to go on a trip with Yuki in Chapter 27? Whom does he invite to come along?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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 character of Gotanda and the actions and objectives of the protagonist in Chapter 26. What does the narrator hope to learn from Gotanda?

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