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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why doesn't Eiji take a cigarette when Ogre offers him one?
(a) He doesn't like Ogre.
(b) He has promised AI Imajo he will stop smoking.
(c) He fears Ogre has germs.
(d) He is allergic to cigarettes.

2. Who sets Eiji free from the yakuza and saves his life in Chapter Seven?
(a) Miriam.
(b) Daimon.
(c) Mr. Tsuru.
(d) Mama-san, the new head of the organization.

3. Who does Eiji fear will hunt him down once he awakens in the strange house?
(a) His mother.
(b) The police and/or the yakuza.
(c) His stepmother.
(d) Daimon.

4. What is Ai Imajo's educational goal?
(a) To become an accountant.
(b) To go to medical school.
(c) To attend a prestigious school in Paris to study music.
(d) To get a law degree.

5. Who is Eiji's second dream in Chapter Eight about?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) Anju.
(d) His stepmother.

6. Why doesn't Eiji's grandfather meet him?
(a) His grandfather is in the hospital.
(b) His grandfather has died.
(c) His grandfather wants his attorney to send Eiji away.
(d) His grandfather has disowned him.

7. Why does Eiji miss his six o'clock visitor?
(a) He hides out in the secret room.
(b) He falls asleep.
(c) He is drugged.
(d) The visitor breaks in and remains quiet to not be detected.

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

9. In Chapter Six, who does Eiji phone with increasing frequency?
(a) Ai Imajo.
(b) Buntaro.
(c) Miriam.
(d) Daimon.

10. What happens during Eiji's visit with his mother?
(a) Eiji's mother runs away from him.
(b) Eiji and his mother argue loudly.
(c) Eiji and his mother blame each other for Anju's death.
(d) Eiji and his mother agree to try and start over.

11. Which of the following does not describe what Eiji finds when he finally meets his father?
(a) Eiji's father hugs him and arranges to meet him regularly.
(b) Eiji leaves without revealing who he is.
(c) His father orders a pizza which Eiji delivers.
(d) His father argues via telephone with his stepmother.

12. Who does Eiji call to share the good news about the response to his newspaper ad?
(a) Daimon.
(b) Ai Imajo.
(c) Miriam.
(d) Buntaro.

13. Who is Mrs. Comb?
(a) The owner of the unfamiliar house in which Eiji finds himself.
(b) Eiji's stepsister.
(c) A hen & Goatwriter's maid in the book Eiji finds and reads.
(d) Eiji's stepmother.

14. At the beginning of Chapter Six, where does Eiji go to meet his grandfather?
(a) The PanOpticon.
(b) The Jupiter Cafe.
(c) His grandfather's home in Tokyo.
(d) The Amadeus Tea Room.

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. To whom did Eiji's guitar once belong?

2. Who is Monkfish?

3. What have the yakuza done to Mrs. Yamaya because of her attempts to use the information she has gathered about their activities?

4. What action does Eiji take after receiving the address from Daimon?

5. Who meets Eiji when he is expecting to meet his grandfather instead?

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