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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Eiji call Dowager and Donkey in Chapter One?
(a) His two supervisors.
(b) His two cousins.
(c) The two older, less attractive waitresses at the cafe.
(d) Two coworkers he hates.

2. To where do the contents of the file folder lead Eiji?
(a) To his stepmother's office.
(b) To a pachinko parlor where Morino is waiting for him.
(c) To the Queen of Spades.
(d) To his father's home.

3. Which of the following statements does not describe Daimon?
(a) He is from Germany.
(b) He is a native of Tokyo.
(c) He is a final-year law student.
(d) He is a gifted pool player.

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

5. What is the Queen of Spades?
(a) An exclusive club to where Eiji and Daimon take their dates.
(b) A movie Eiji goes to see with Daimon.
(c) A gambling casino.
(d) A boat Eiji wants to buy.

6. Who warns Eiji to stay away from the Queen of Spades because it isn't an ordinary club?
(a) Velvet.
(b) Miriam.
(c) Ai Imajo.
(d) Coffee.

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

8. Which of the following statements is not a part of the daydream Eiji has in Chapter One while he's in the restroom?
(a) Eiji follows Akiko Kato to a theater.
(b) Eiji fights a samurai warrior.
(c) Akiko Kato meets a government minister at the theater.
(d) The minister at the theater is Eiji's father.

9. Why is it so important for Eiji to find the article he lost in the video arcade?
(a) It has an important document hidden in it.
(b) It was his last present from Anju.
(c) He keeps his money in it.
(d) It has medicine he vitally needs in it.

10. Where does Eiji go for breakfast in Chapter Three after his night with Daimon?
(a) Bunaro's video game store.
(b) His apartment.
(c) The Queen of Spades.
(d) The Jupiter Cafe.

11. What does the letter Eiji receives from his mother in Chapter Two reveal?
(a) That his mother is dying of cancer.
(b) That his father is a famous movie star.
(c) That his mother tried to kill him when he was a baby.
(d) That his mother works in Tokyo with Akiko Kato.

12. What does Eiji have to do in exchange for information on his father?
(a) Sell drugs for the yakuza.
(b) Sign a blood oath promising one day's loyalty to Morino.
(c) Shoot Daimon.
(d) Rob a bank for the yakuza.

13. Which of the following does not describe what happens to Daimon after the yakuza release him?
(a) Eiji puts him in a taxi.
(b) He is weak because the yakuza drained his blood.
(c) He dies.
(d) Eiji has Buntaro put him in Eiji's apartment.

14. What kind of insects live in Eiji's apartment?
(a) Fleas.
(b) Spiders.
(c) Cockroaches.
(d) Flies.

15. Where does Eiji begin receiving messages that "Father" is watching him and will see him soon?
(a) On his computer via email.
(b) On the ATM screen when he uses his ATM card.
(c) At home in his mailbox.
(d) On his answering machine.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ai Imajo suggest that Eiji search for his father in Tokyo?

2. With whom does Daimon seem to have tension at the Queen of Spades?

3. Who does Eiji find waiting for him when he comes out of the noodle shop in Chapter Four?

4. From what locale does Eiji sit and daydream about meeting Akiko Kato?

5. What does Eiji come to realize about the word "Father" in the strange messages he receives that Father is watching him?

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