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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. What happens when Eiji asks for the file folder about his father?
(a) The yakuza break his arm.
(b) He's told to leave before he's beaten senseless.
(c) The yakuza burn it.
(d) It is given to him.

2. At the beginning of Chapter One, how does Eiji hope he will meet Akiko Kato?
(a) He hopes she will come to the Jupiter Cafe for lunch.
(b) He hopes he will meet Akiko at a dance.
(c) He hopes he will meet Akiko on the bus ride home.
(d) He hopes a friend will introduce them.

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

4. Why doesn't Eiji confront Akiko Kato in Chapter One as he daydreams of doing?
(a) He finds his father without her.
(b) He finds a better source of information about his father.
(c) He is afraid to do so.
(d) He is waiting for the right moment.

5. What does Eiji wear on his head in Chapter One?
(a) A golf cap.
(b) A plumed hat.
(c) A straw hat.
(d) A baseball cap.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What mark identifies someone as a yakuza man or mobster?

3. What does Eiji have to do in exchange for information on his father?

4. What does Eiji do to the thunder god's statue when he is eleven-years-old?

5. What does Eiji come to realize about the word "Father" in the strange messages he receives that Father is watching him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What factors make Eiji vulnerable to exploitation by Daimon?

3. Discuss Eiji's playing of video games in Chapter Three and what the video games symbolize.

4. Why does Eiji think Miriam can lead him to his father and how does he pursue his father through her?

5. Why does the structure of Chapter One switch back and forth between fantasy and reality so often, making it difficult to tell the difference between the two?

6. 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?

7. How does Eiji's defense in Chapter Three of Ai Imajo, the waitress with the perfect neck at the Jupiter Cafe, affect his developing relationship with Ai?

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

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

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

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