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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, "Video Games".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Instead of confronting Akiko, how does Eiji spend most of his afternoon in Chapter One?
(a) Daydreaming and watching the cafe customers and staff.
(b) Gambling at the race track.
(c) Drinking at a bar.
(d) Watching television.

3. What interrupts Eiji's playing of the video game Virtua Sapiens?
(a) An angry man threatening the waitress with the perfect neck.
(b) The cafe being robbed.
(c) A gang attacking him.
(d) Daimon and Miriam arguing.

4. What does Anju learn about her mother when she accidentally overhears some local women talking in Mrs. Tanaka's store?
(a) Her mother abandoned her and Eiji to pursue men.
(b) Her mother is a drug addict.
(c) Her mother committed suicide.
(d) Her mother died in a car wreck.

5. What instrument can Eiji play?
(a) The guitar.
(b) The violin.
(c) The piano.
(d) The flute.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of Eiji's coworkers commits suicide when told he is being demoted?

3. Where does Eiji go for breakfast in Chapter Three after his night with Daimon?

4. What happens when Eiji telephones Akiko Kato's office?

5. Who warns Eiji to stay away from the Queen of Spades because it isn't an ordinary club?

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