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

2. 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 rebel against his mother and father.
(c) To pay the god back for Anju's death.
(d) To worship the thunder god.

3. In what guise does Eiji fantasize that he sneaks into Akiko Kato's building?
(a) As a paramedic.
(b) As a policeman.
(c) As a security guard.
(d) As an aquarium cleaner.

4. What is Anju's relationship to Eiji?
(a) She's his twin sister.
(b) She's his mother.
(c) She's his boss.
(d) She's his neighbor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument can Eiji play?

2. Who is Wheatie?

3. What happens to Anju when Eiji has to leave her to go on an overnight trip with his soccer team?

4. What is the name of the building in which Akiko Kato works?

5. Who is Buntaro?

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