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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. Before leaving the video arcade in Chapter Three, with whom does Eiji get into a brief discussion?
(a) Suga.
(b) Buntaro.
(c) Mr. Aoyama.
(d) A slightly older Tokyo native waiting for his date.

2. Which of the following does not describe Suga's appearance in Chapter Two?
(a) He has a fat bellow but no butt.
(b) He has long, dangly arms.
(c) He has a ponytail.
(d) He has eczema.

3. What role does Daimon play in Eiji's finding of his lost article at the video arcade?
(a) Daimon searches with him for the lost article.
(b) Daimon has a dog that finds it by smell.
(c) Daimon directs him to the lost and found, and it's there.
(d) Daimon is wearing it.

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?
(a) Buntaro.
(b) Daimon.
(c) Miriam.
(d) Ai Imajo.

5. Which of the following is not an element of Eiji's daydream in Chapter One once it begins to rain?
(a) It rains so hard the entire city of Tokyo is flooded.
(b) Eiji drowns, is cremated and Yoko Ono attends his funeral.
(c) Eiji takes a boat to China.
(d) Eiji must save the pretty waitress from a crocodile.

Short Answer Questions

1. To where do the contents of the file folder lead Eiji?

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

3. At the beginning of Chapter Two, what does Eiji think has happened to Cat?

4. Which of the following statements is not part of the fantasy Eiji tells Anju about the whalestone, a giant rock that emerges from the sea?

5. To whom does Eiji think the messages about "Father" refer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Mr. Aoyama in Chapter Two?

2. What rumors has Anju overheard about her mother?

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

4. Who kidnaps Eiji in Chapter Four and why is Eiji kidnapped?

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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