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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 does Eiji have to do in exchange for information on his father?
(a) Rob a bank for the yakuza.
(b) Sell drugs for the yakuza.
(c) Sign a blood oath promising one day's loyalty to Morino.
(d) Shoot Daimon.

2. Which of the following does not describe what happens to Daimon after the yakuza release him?
(a) He dies.
(b) He is weak because the yakuza drained his blood.
(c) Eiji puts him in a taxi.
(d) Eiji has Buntaro put him in Eiji's apartment.

3. On whose cell phone conversation does Eiji eavesdrop?
(a) Donkey's.
(b) The waitress with the perfect neck's.
(c) Dowager's.
(d) Akiko Kato's.

4. 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.

5. What does Eiji do when he comes to Ai Imajo's assistance in Chapter Three?
(a) He calls the police.
(b) He overpowers the man with karate.
(c) He head butts the man who has been threatening Ai Imajo.
(d) He cowers under a table, deciding he can't help after all.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are Velvet and Coffee?

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

3. Who is Buntaro?

4. Who does Eiji call Dowager and Donkey in Chapter One?

5. Why is it so important for Eiji to find the article he lost in the video arcade?

Short Essay Questions

1. What rumors has Anju overheard about her mother?

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

3. Who is Cat and what does Eiji's relationship with her indicate?

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

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

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

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

8. Who does Eiji initially think "father" is in Chapter Four, and who does "father" eventually turn out to be?

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

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

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