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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. In Eiji's fantasy about Akiko Kato, what happens to the information he finds in her office?
(a) It's stolen from him before he can read it.
(b) The ink it's printed with disappears when exposed to air.
(c) It is accidentally shredded.
(d) It proves false and doesn't lead to his father.

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

3. What is the name of the building in which Akiko Kato works?
(a) The PanOpticon Building.
(b) The International Trading Building.
(c) The Tokyo Hilton.
(d) The Japanese Stock Exchange.

4. Who is Mr. Aoyama?
(a) Substationmaster of the Ueno Station lost-property office.
(b) Eiji's grandfather.
(c) Eiji's soccer coach.
(d) Eiji's father.

5. 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) Daimon.
(b) Miriam.
(c) Ai Imajo.
(d) Buntaro.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following statements does not describe Daimon?

3. What birthday does Eiji celebrate at the beginning of Chapter Three?

4. Which of the following people is not involved in the yakuza war?

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

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