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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. 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) A mermaid lives under it.
(c) The stone is magical.
(d) It was a real whale the thunder god turned into stone.

2. In what city does the book open?
(a) Tokyo.
(b) Kyoto.
(c) Osaka.
(d) New York.

3. Who does Eiji fantasize knocking out with the item in his toolbox?
(a) His father.
(b) His boss, his landlord, and his father.
(c) His mother.
(d) The receptionist, Akiko Kato's bioborg, and Akiko Kato.

4. How many waitresses does Eiji encounter in Chapter One?
(a) Ten.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Eight.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Buntaro?

3. How does Akiko Kato respond in Chapter Two to the letter Eiji sends her?

4. Before leaving the video arcade in Chapter Three, with whom does Eiji get into a brief discussion?

5. Why doesn't Eiji confront Akiko Kato in Chapter One as he daydreams of doing?

(see the answer key)

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