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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. In Chapter 24, the writer is intrigued by Hiraku Makimura's opulent lifestyle, including __________.

3. In Chapter 23, Yuki tells the writer that he is how far behind the times?

4. Who has sent a call girl to the writer's room in Chapter 29?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What leads up to the protagonist's eventual release in Chapter 22?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the character of Dick in the narrative and the unique relationship Yuki shares with her mother. How does the protagonist feel about Amé's absence from Yuki's life?

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

Define and identify the setting of the novel and the novel's protagonist. In what country and time period is the novel set?

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