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

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

3. How does Yuki say Kiki died in Chapter 38?

4. In Chapter 29, Yuki and the writer make a trip to visit Amé where they meet her newest conquest, a one-armed poet named what?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 symbolism and conflict in Chapter 5. What conflict does the writer meet when he attempts to inquire about the old hotel?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss the author's style and use of suspense and foreboding in the narrative. What builds up to the presence of the Sheep Man?

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