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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following statements does not describe Daimon?
(a) He is a gifted pool player.
(b) He is a final-year law student.
(c) He is a native of Tokyo.
(d) He is from Germany.

2. With whom does Daimon seem to have tension at the Queen of Spades?
(a) Miriam, one of the club's hostesses.
(b) Eiji.
(c) The owner.
(d) Velvet and Coffee.

3. What mark identifies someone as a yakuza man or mobster?
(a) A leopard tattoo on the chest.
(b) A dragon tattoo on the arm.
(c) A snake tattoo on a shaved head.
(d) A pierced nostril and ruby nose ring.

4. What does Eiji leave in the video arcade in Chapter Three?
(a) His baseball cap.
(b) His wallet.
(c) His car keys.
(d) His credit card.

5. What game do Daimon and Eiji play together?
(a) Baseball.
(b) Pool.
(c) Tennis.
(d) Mystic Magic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who promises to pay for a hotel room for the night and then leaves Eiji with the bill?

2. Which of the following does not describe Suga's appearance in Chapter Two?

3. In Chapter Three, who accuses Eiji of spying on her for Daimon?

4. What role does Daimon play in Eiji's finding of his lost article at the video arcade?

5. Why can't Eiji sleep at night in Chapter Two?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Eiji have about his father as he begins his quest?

2. What does Eiji's helping Daimon after the yakuza injure Daimon indicate about Eiji's character?

3. What factors make Eiji feel out of place in Tokyo?

4. How does Eiji escape death at the end of Chapter Four?

5. What does the letter Eiji receives from his mother in Chapter Two reveal, and how does it make him feel about contacting his mother again?

6. How does the video game Virtua Sapiens relate to Eiji's quest for his father?

7. How does Eiji's experience with Daimon on his twentieth birthday illustrate his naivety?

8. What information does Ryutaro Morino have about Eiji's father and how does he obtain it?

9. Why does Eiji decapitate the statue of the thunder god in his village shrine?

10. What is the yakuza and how is Daimon tied to the organization?

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