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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why has Mrs. Yamaya not been able to get the authorities to make use of the data she has gathered about the yakuza?
(a) The data is hidden in a place guarded by the yakuza.
(b) The yakuza own the police and politicians.
(c) She is in hiding.
(d) The yakuza are blackmailing her.

2. What gives Ai Imajo's life meaning?
(a) Romance.
(b) Her job.
(c) Her family.
(d) Music.

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

4. Who sends Eiji a postcard in Chapter Five?
(a) His stepmother.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) Ai imajo.

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

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

7. How long after his meeting with Admiral Raizo is Eiji supposed to meet his grandfather?
(a) Six weeks.
(b) One month.
(c) Seven days.
(d) One year.

8. 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 taken her hostage.
(b) They have blackmailed her.
(c) They have cut off her hand.
(d) They have murdered her.

9. What have the pregnant woman in Chapter Six and her husband decided to name their coming baby?
(a) Kodai.
(b) Lasami.
(c) Jalaya.
(d) Tunimoka.

10. What fact is Eiji surprised to learn about the identity of Mrs. Sasaki, his boss at Ueno Station?
(a) She is one of his stepsisters.
(b) She knows his father.
(c) She is Buntaro's mother.
(d) She is his stepmother.

11. What was Subaru Tsukiyama's profession?
(a) He was a banker.
(b) He was a lawyer.
(c) He was a physician.
(d) He was the suicide pilot of a kaiten, or manned torpedo.

12. When Eiji wakes up from his initial dream in Chapter Eight, where does he find himself?
(a) In the cab of a truck.
(b) In Ai Imajo's apartment.
(c) At the Jupiter Cafe.
(d) At his mother's clinic.

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

14. What did the yakuza do to Mrs. Yamaya's son?
(a) They killed him and sold his organs on the black market.
(b) They sold him to an American couple wanting a child.
(c) They beat him up and left him for dead.
(d) They made him a yakuza hit man.

15. In Chapter Seven, where is Suga going to take a new job?
(a) New York.
(b) Texas.
(c) Nagasaki.
(d) London.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Six, what does Ai Imajo confide to Eiji?

2. Which of the following is not a way the yakuza trick Eiji in Chapter Seven?

3. What does Ai Imajo tell Eiji in Chapter Eight that she saw him throw away before he left Tokyo to meet his mother?

4. Who is Eiji's third dream in Chapter Eight about?

5. Who does Eiji call to share the good news about the response to his newspaper ad?

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