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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Eiji find himself when he wakes up after his second dream in Chapter Eight?
(a) At the Jupiter Cafe.
(b) In the cab of another truck.
(c) At the PanOpticon building.
(d) In Buntaro's video store.

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

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

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

5. What does Ai Imajo offer to buy Eiji when they meet for breakfast in Chapter Seven?
(a) A new baseball cap.
(b) Tickets to a baseball game.
(c) A new cat.
(d) Dinner.

6. 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.

7. 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.

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

9. 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 murdered her.
(c) They have cut off her hand.
(d) They have blackmailed her.

10. Who does Eiji's grandfather pretend to be when he meets Eiji?
(a) His grandfather's physician.
(b) His grandfather's attorney.
(c) Admiral Raizo, an old family friend.
(d) His grandfather's financial adviser.

11. What does Admiral Raizo say Eiji and his grandfather both want?
(a) Meaning.
(b) The love of Eiji's father.
(c) A happy family life.
(d) Respect.

12. What does Eiji think of his new job at Nero's Pizza in Chapter Seven?
(a) The kitchen is hot and cramped, but the work is easy.
(b) His coworkers are mean.
(c) He hates it.
(d) The hours are too long.

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

14. In Chapter Six, what does Ai Imajo confide to Eiji?
(a) That she loves Eiji.
(b) That she's diabetic and shoots herself with insulin.
(c) That she is on the run from an abusive husband.
(d) That she knows who Eiji's father is.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ai Imajo urge Eiji to meet?

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

3. Why does Eiji's grandfather say he despises Eiji's father?

4. Why does Eiji miss his six o'clock visitor?

5. When Eiji wakes up in a strange house after his night of terror with the yakuza, what childhood memory does it rekindle?

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