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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, "Study of Tales".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eiji do to the thunder god's statue when he is eleven-years-old?
(a) Decks it with roses and carnations.
(b) Burns it.
(c) Prays to it and leaves offerings of food for it.
(d) Decapitates it with a rusty hacksaw.

2. What does Eiji have to do in exchange for information on his father?
(a) Rob a bank for the yakuza.
(b) Sell drugs for the yakuza.
(c) Shoot Daimon.
(d) Sign a blood oath promising one day's loyalty to Morino.

3. Which of the following statements does not describe the unfamiliar house in which Eiji awakens at the beginning of Chapter Five?
(a) A big black dog lives in it.
(b) It has no tv.
(c) It has no telephone.
(d) It is well-furnished and old fashioned.

4. When Eiji searches for the file folder about his father, who does he see playing the piano for the opening of another part of the entertainment complex where the yakuza are?
(a) Daimon.
(b) Ai Imajo.
(c) Buntaro.
(d) Miriam.

5. What action does Eiji take after receiving the address from Daimon?
(a) He goes to the address in person.
(b) He sends Buntaro to check out the address.
(c) He writes the detecting asking for help locating his father.
(d) He hires a personal detective to go to the address.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Eiji call Dowager and Donkey in Chapter One?

2. What does Eiji wear on his head in Chapter One?

3. To what does Eiji's stepmother compare him?

4. To whom does Eiji think the messages about "Father" refer?

5. What kind of insects live in Eiji's apartment?

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