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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, "The Language of Mountains is Rain".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is expecting a baby in Chapter Six?
(a) Mrs. Sasaki.
(b) Buntaro's wife.
(c) Eiji's mother.
(d) Miriam.

2. Which of the following statements does not describe the unfamiliar house in which Eiji awakens at the beginning of Chapter Five?
(a) A big black dog lives in it.
(b) It has no tv.
(c) It is well-furnished and old fashioned.
(d) It has no telephone.

3. What have the yakuza done to Mrs. Yamaya because of her attempts to use the information she has gathered about their activities?
(a) They have blackmailed her.
(b) They have murdered her.
(c) They have taken her hostage.
(d) They have cut off her hand.

4. What does Eiji come to realize about the word "Father" in the strange messages he receives that Father is watching him?
(a) It refers to a female yakuza leader.
(b) It refers to Daimon's father.
(c) It means a yakuza leader rather than his birth father.
(d) It refers to a priest with ties to the yakuza.

5. What draws Eiji's attention to one of the waitresses?
(a) The woman's short skirt.
(b) The woman's perfect neck.
(c) The woman's dyed blonde hair.
(d) The woman's missing front teeth.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom do eleven-year-old Anju and Eiji live?

2. What game do Daimon and Eiji play together?

3. Why doesn't Eiji take a cigarette when Ogre offers him one?

4. Why does Mrs. Sasaki tell Eiji not to return to his job at Ueno Station?

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

(see the answer key)

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