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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. Who gets Eiji his job by arranging an interview for him with Mrs. Sasaki?
(a) Buntaro.
(b) Anju.
(c) Suga.
(d) Mr. Aoyama.

2. Which of the following statements does not describe Mr. Aoyama?
(a) He is bald.
(b) He is paranoid and thinks Eiji is a consultant spying on him.
(c) He wears a gold stud earring in his ear.
(d) He has a perfect Adolf Hitler mustache.

3. Who does Eiji find waiting for him when he comes out of the noodle shop in Chapter Four?
(a) Suga.
(b) Two men in a black Cadillac.
(c) Daimon.
(d) Ai Imajo.

4. Where does Eiji find the file folder about his father?
(a) At the Jupiter Cafe.
(b) In the garbage.
(c) At the Queen of Spades.
(d) In the black Cadillac.

5. Who are Velvet and Coffee?
(a) Two waitresses at a tea house.
(b) Two video game characters.
(c) Two girls Eiji and Daimon pick up in a bar.
(d) Two undercover policemen.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Akiko Kato respond in Chapter Two to the letter Eiji sends her?

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

3. Before leaving the video arcade in Chapter Three, with whom does Eiji get into a brief discussion?

4. When Eiji searches for the file folder about his father, who does he see playing the piano for the opening of another part of the entertainment complex where the yakuza are?

5. What is the Queen of Spades?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the strange messages Eiji receives while using the ATM.

3. Why does Eiji engage in so much fantasy and daydreaming?

4. How does Morino trick Eiji with his father's photo in Chapter Four?

5. Describe the letter Eiji receives from his stepmother in Chapter Three, and how it affects him.

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

7. What does Eiji's fantasy about masquerading as an aquarium cleaner to meet Akako Kato reveal about his character?

8. Who is Buntaro and what is Eiji's relationship with him like?

9. Why do Donkey and Dowager call the waitress with the perfect neck a "hand cream model", and what does the depiction of the girl's hands in Chapter One really indicate?

10. Describe Eiji's habit of nicknaming people.

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