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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. Why doesn't Eiji confront Akiko Kato in Chapter One as he daydreams of doing?
(a) He finds his father without her.
(b) He finds a better source of information about his father.
(c) He is afraid to do so.
(d) He is waiting for the right moment.

2. Which of Eiji's coworkers commits suicide when told he is being demoted?
(a) Mrs. Sasaki.
(b) Mr. Aoyama.
(c) Suga.
(d) Akiko Kato.

3. 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?
(a) If you swim to it, it will take you anywhere you want to go.
(b) It was a real whale the thunder god turned into stone.
(c) The stone is magical.
(d) A mermaid lives under it.

4. Which of the following does not describe Suga's appearance in Chapter Two?
(a) He has a ponytail.
(b) He has long, dangly arms.
(c) He has eczema.
(d) He has a fat bellow but no butt.

5. How does Akiko Kato respond in Chapter Two to the letter Eiji sends her?
(a) She sends him his father's address.
(b) She refuses to help him find his father.
(c) She calls him and invites him to dinner.
(d) She asks him to schedule a time to see her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Akiko Kato?

2. What errand does the attractive waitress leave to do?

3. In Eiji's fantasy about Akiko Kato in Chapter One, with what does he escape her building?

4. At the beginning of Chapter One, how does Eiji hope he will meet Akiko Kato?

5. What draws Eiji's attention to one of the waitresses?

(see the answer key)

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