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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. What film do the writer and Yuki go to see in Chapter 37?

2. How many mysterious call girls are involved which the writer tries to sort out in Chapter 33?

3. The receptionist at the Dolphin Hotel tells the writer that she is now afraid to do what in Chapter 27?

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

5. Whose death is discussed by the writer and Gotanda in Chapter 26?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is the protagonist's emotional state in Chapter 36? Why does he go to visit Yuki?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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

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

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