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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Eiji's grandfather pretend to be when he meets Eiji?
(a) Admiral Raizo, an old family friend.
(b) His grandfather's physician.
(c) His grandfather's financial adviser.
(d) His grandfather's attorney.

2. In Chapter Five, how much time has lapsed since Eiji first left his village to come to Tokyo in search of his father?
(a) A year.
(b) Two years.
(c) Five weeks.
(d) A week.

3. What does Ai Imajo offer to buy Eiji when they meet for breakfast in Chapter Seven?
(a) A new cat.
(b) Tickets to a baseball game.
(c) A new baseball cap.
(d) Dinner.

4. Who responds to Eiji's personal ad in the newspaper?
(a) A woman who says she knows Eiji's father.
(b) A woman who thinks Eiji may be her stepbrother.
(c) A man who thinks Eiji may be his grandson.
(d) A man who thinks Eiji may be his son.

5. What is Eiji's fourth dream in Chapter Eight about?
(a) John Lennon and his song #9 Dream.
(b) His father and stepmother.
(c) Anju and her death.
(d) Yoko Ono.

6. What did the yakuza do to Mrs. Yamaya?
(a) They made her sell drugs for them.
(b) They made her a slave because of her husband's debts.
(c) They made her steal for them.
(d) They made her an assassin.

7. Why does Daimon come to visit Eiji in Chapter Five?
(a) To warn Eiji to stay away from Miriam.
(b) To kill Eiji.
(c) To tell Eiji he has found Eiji's father.
(d) To thank Eiji for saving his life and to apologize.

8. Who offers Eiji a job at Nero's pizza?
(a) Ai Imajo's roommate, Sachiko Sera.
(b) Ai Imajo.
(c) Daimon.
(d) Mrs. Sasaki.

9. In Eiji's dream at the beginning of Chapter Eight, who is grown-up in the dream?
(a) Anju.
(b) Kirara.
(c) Yuki Chiyo.
(d) Kodai.

10. Which of the following is not part of the story that Monkfish relates to Eiji?
(a) Monkfish killed his ex-girlfriend.
(b) Monkfish wanted to kill himself over his love.
(c) Monkfish loved a girl whose family disapproved of him.
(d) Monkfish dreamed his lover killed herself.

11. Who picks up Eiji as he is fleeing the exploding Cadillacs at the beginning of Chapter Five?
(a) Ryutaro Morino.
(b) Buntaro.
(c) Mr. Tsuru.
(d) Suga.

12. Who does Ai Imajo urge Eiji to meet?
(a) His father.
(b) His stepmother.
(c) His half-sister.
(d) His mother.

13. Why does Eiji's grandfather say he despises Eiji's father?
(a) Eiji's father has embezzled money from his law firm.
(b) Eiji's father sold a 500-year-old family heirloom sword.
(c) Eiji's father is disrespectful to his father.
(d) Eiji's father is an alcoholic.

14. What does Eiji find in the secret room of the unfamiliar house?
(a) A gun.
(b) A dead body.
(c) A book manuscript written by Mrs. Sasaki's sister.
(d) Mrs. Sasaki's old love letters.

15. Which of the following is not a reason Mrs. Yamaya has sent information about yakuza activities to Eiji?
(a) Eiji shares the first name of her dead son.
(b) She has sent information posthumously.
(c) She has sent information to people she hopes will act on it.
(d) She wants the yakuza to come after Eiji.

Short Answer Questions

1. What obstacle does Ai Imajo face in attaining her goal?

2. Why does the person in Eiji's third dream say Anju is not dead?

3. What is the real reason for Suga's drinking binge?

4. Who is Mrs. Yamaya?

5. What does Admiral Raizo say Eiji and his grandfather both want?

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