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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Subaru Tsukiyama's relationship to Eiji?
(a) He is Eiji's great-uncle, the brother of Eiji's grandfather.
(b) He is Eiji's father.
(c) He is Eiji's grandfather.
(d) He is Eiji's half-brother.

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

3. When his mother phones him, what does Eiji say to her?
(a) That she is crazy and needs therapy.
(b) That he wants to come see her.
(c) That she is responsible for Anju's death.
(d) That he never wants to hear from her again.

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

5. Who meets Eiji when he is expecting to meet his grandfather instead?
(a) His mother.
(b) His grandfather's attorney.
(c) His stepmother and half-sister.
(d) His father.

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

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

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

9. In Chapter Five, who faxes Eiji a message that he is coming to visit at six o'clock?
(a) Eiji's father.
(b) Suga.
(c) Daimon.
(d) Buntaro.

10. What is the surname of Eiji's father?
(a) Kenyato.
(b) Miyake.
(c) Tsukiyama.
(d) Raizo.

11. Who is Monkfish?
(a) The boyfriend of Eiji's mother.
(b) Ai Imajo's brother.
(c) Buntaro's brother.
(d) The driver of the second truck in which Eiji rides.

12. Whose address does Daimon fax to Eiji after his visit with Eiji?
(a) Eiji's father.
(b) Mr. Tsuru.
(c) The detective that compiled Morino's file on Eiji's father.
(d) Eiji's mother.

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

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

15. As he reflects on Anju's death and what gives his life meaning, what does Eiji begin to think about his search for his father?
(a) It might not be as important as he has previously believed.
(b) It is what gives his life meaning.
(c) He should increase his devotion to his quest.
(d) He should give up his quest.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Ai Imajo offer to buy Eiji when they meet for breakfast in Chapter Seven?

3. What did the yakuza do to Mrs. Yamaya?

4. In what does Subaru Tsukiyama find his life's meaning?

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

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