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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who is Eiji's third dream in Chapter Eight about?
(a) Mr. Aoyama, the Ueno Station boss who killed himself.
(b) Eiji's father.
(c) Eiji's grandfather.
(d) Eiji's mother.

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

5. In Chapter Six, what tale does Suga give as the reason for his emotional distress when he shows up drunk one night while Eiji is working?
(a) A job loss.
(b) A car accident in which a young boy was killed.
(c) A financial loss.
(d) A breakup with his girlfriend.

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

7. What kind of manager is Sachiko Sera at Nero's?
(a) A demanding manager.
(b) An abusive manager.
(c) An unkind and unfair manager.
(d) A kind and capable manager.

8. What action does Eiji take after receiving the address from Daimon?
(a) He sends Buntaro to check out the address.
(b) He writes the detecting asking for help locating his father.
(c) He hires a personal detective to go to the address.
(d) He goes to the address in person.

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

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

11. What is Eiji's mother doing when he arrives at her clinic?
(a) Having a birthday party.
(b) Eating lunch.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Sleeping.

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

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

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

15. Which of the following is not a reason Eiji's stepmother gives for why Eiji's father does not want to meet him?
(a) His father considers Eiji a reminder of his worst mistake.
(b) His father wants to preserve his privacy.
(c) His father is ashamed of Eiji's illegitimacy.
(d) Eiji's father is ill and in the hospital.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter Five, who faxes Eiji a message that he is coming to visit at six o'clock?

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

5. Why has Mrs. Yamaya not been able to get the authorities to make use of the data she has gathered about the yakuza?

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