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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Eiji's grandfather say he despises Eiji's father?
(a) Eiji's father is disrespectful to his father.
(b) Eiji's father has embezzled money from his law firm.
(c) Eiji's father is an alcoholic.
(d) Eiji's father sold a 500-year-old family heirloom sword.

2. Who picks up Eiji as he is fleeing the exploding Cadillacs at the beginning of Chapter Five?
(a) Buntaro.
(b) Mr. Tsuru.
(c) Ryutaro Morino.
(d) Suga.

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

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

5. 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) Eiji's father is ill and in the hospital.
(d) His father is ashamed of Eiji's illegitimacy.

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

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

8. What does Suga give Eiji before he leaves for his new job?
(a) A gold watch.
(b) A photo of himself.
(c) A John Lennon DVD.
(d) His finest computer virus.

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

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

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

12. Which of the following is not a way the yakuza trick Eiji in Chapter Seven?
(a) The message says his father wants to see him.
(b) They leave him a message supposedly from his father.
(c) The message gives a time and place to meet his father.
(d) They use Daimon to get Eiji to their meeting place.

13. In Eiji's dream at the beginning of Chapter Eight, who is grown-up in the dream?
(a) Yuki Chiyo.
(b) Kodai.
(c) Anju.
(d) Kirara.

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

15. 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 car accident in which a young boy was killed.
(b) A breakup with his girlfriend.
(c) A job loss.
(d) A financial loss.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mrs. Comb?

2. Which of the following is not a reason Mrs. Yamaya has sent information about yakuza activities to Eiji?

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

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

5. When Eiji asks Buntaro what he can do to cover his rent now that he is no longer working at Ueno Station, what does Buntaro propose?

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