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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. Why can't Eiji sleep at night in Chapter Two?
(a) He suffers from migraines.
(b) He suffers from insomnia.
(c) He is too busy studying.
(d) His neighbors keep him awake with their noise.

2. What kind of insects live in Eiji's apartment?
(a) Spiders.
(b) Fleas.
(c) Flies.
(d) Cockroaches.

3. 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?
(a) A mermaid lives under it.
(b) The stone is magical.
(c) It was a real whale the thunder god turned into stone.
(d) If you swim to it, it will take you anywhere you want to go.

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

5. What kind of yakuza war is going on in Chapter Four?
(a) A war of succession .
(b) A war between two warring mobs.
(c) A war between Tokyo and Osaka yakuza.
(d) A price war for drugs the yakuza sell.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do the yakuza men lock up with Eiji in Chapter Four?

2. Which of the following is not an element of Eiji's daydream in Chapter One once it begins to rain?

3. What does Eiji do when he comes to Ai Imajo's assistance in Chapter Three?

4. What is Osugi and Bosugi?

5. Who claims to have a file folder about Eiji's father?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Eiji's habit of nicknaming people.

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

3. 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?

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

10. 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?

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