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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, "Lost Property".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter One, how does Eiji hope he will meet Akiko Kato?
(a) He hopes a friend will introduce them.
(b) He hopes she will come to the Jupiter Cafe for lunch.
(c) He hopes he will meet Akiko at a dance.
(d) He hopes he will meet Akiko on the bus ride home.

2. On whose cell phone conversation does Eiji eavesdrop?
(a) Akiko Kato's.
(b) Dowager's.
(c) The waitress with the perfect neck's.
(d) Donkey's.

3. With whom do eleven-year-old Anju and Eiji live?
(a) Their father and stepmother.
(b) Their uncle.
(c) Their mother.
(d) Their grandmother.

4. What errand does the attractive waitress leave to do?
(a) Deliver lunches to customers.
(b) Buy coffee filters.
(c) Empty the trash.
(d) Deposit money in the bank.

5. Why does Eiji do what he does to the thunder god's statue when he is eleven?
(a) To fulfill his initiation into a gang.
(b) To worship the thunder god.
(c) To rebel against his mother and father.
(d) To pay the god back for Anju's death.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following statements is not part of the fantasy Eiji tells Anju about the whalestone, a giant rock that emerges from the sea?

2. In Eiji's fantasy about Akiko Kato, what happens to the information he finds in her office?

3. From what locale does Eiji sit and daydream about meeting Akiko Kato?

4. What does Eiji think about Anju's ability to swim to the whalestone?

5. Which of the following is not an element of Eiji's daydream in Chapter One once it begins to rain?

(see the answer key)

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