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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the real reason for Suga's drinking binge?
(a) The Holy Grail quest of hacking the Pentagon computer.
(b) He is an alcoholic.
(c) The yakuza are after him.
(d) He misses Eiji.

3. Who is Pithecanthropus?
(a) A customer in Buntaro's video store.
(b) A customer in the Jupiter Cafe.
(c) A yakuza man.
(d) Goatwriter's friend and a handyman in the book Eiji finds.

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

6. Where do Ai Imajo and Eiji have breakfast in Chapter Seven?
(a) The Jupiter Cafe.
(b) McDonald's.
(c) The Amadeus Tea Room.
(d) The PanOpticon Building.

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

8. What strange things does Ai say are happening in Tokyo when she and Eiji talk by telephone at the end of Chapter Eight?
(a) It is snowing in summer.
(b) The rain is yellow.
(c) The temperature has dropped noticeably.
(d) Pigeons are flying into buildings and cars.

9. Who is Goatwriter?
(a) Buntaro's brother.
(b) A computer hacker at Ueno Station.
(c) One of the yakuza men.
(d) A goat and lead character in the book Eiji finds and reads.

10. Who responds to Eiji's personal ad in the newspaper?
(a) A man who thinks Eiji may be his son.
(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 grandson.

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

12. Why is Ogre not married?
(a) He fears a wife would spend all his money.
(b) The woman he loved died and he never got over her.
(c) He prefers not to commit himself to marriage.
(d) He sleepwalks and acts out his dreams while doing so.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What fact is Eiji surprised to learn about the identity of Mrs. Sasaki, his boss at Ueno Station?

3. When Buntaro visits Eiji in Chatper Five, who does he say has been looking for Eiji?

4. What happens in Tokyo at the end of the book?

5. What was Subaru Tsukiyama's profession?

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