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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 have Daimon and Eiji been kidnapped?
(a) Because they didn't pay their bill at the Queen of Spades.
(b) Because Eiji's father is a yakuza leader.
(c) Because of their involvement with Miriam, Morino's girlfriend.
(d) Because the yakuza thinks they stole yakuza money.

2. What does the letter Eiji receives from his mother in Chapter Two reveal?
(a) That his father is a famous movie star.
(b) That his mother tried to kill him when he was a baby.
(c) That his mother is dying of cancer.
(d) That his mother works in Tokyo with Akiko Kato.

3. To where do the contents of the file folder lead Eiji?
(a) To the Queen of Spades.
(b) To his stepmother's office.
(c) To a pachinko parlor where Morino is waiting for him.
(d) To his father's home.

4. What is Eiji Miyake's quest?
(a) To find the identity of his father.
(b) To find out who is planning to murder a politician.
(c) To find a hidden treasure.
(d) To find out who murdered his sister.

5. Who is Buntaro?
(a) Eiji's older brother.
(b) Eiji's father.
(c) Eiji's best friend.
(d) Eiji's landlord.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following statements is not a part of the daydream Eiji has in Chapter One while he's in the restroom?

2. How does Ai Imajo suggest that Eiji search for his father in Tokyo?

3. What does Eiji find inside the file folder?

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

5. What instrument can Eiji play?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

9. Describe what happens to Eiji's twin sister, Anju, shortly after the twins turn eleven and how Eiji is affected by the incident.

10. What is the significance of the third person viewpoint in the scenes describing Eiji's first drug experience and his experience with Velvet?

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