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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. Which of the following is not a way the yakuza trick Eiji in Chapter Seven?
(a) The message says his father wants to see him.
(b) The message gives a time and place to meet his father.
(c) They leave him a message supposedly from his father.
(d) They use Daimon to get Eiji to their meeting place.

2. What is the surname of Eiji's father?
(a) Miyake.
(b) Raizo.
(c) Tsukiyama.
(d) Kenyato.

3. In Eiji's dream at the beginning of Chapter Eight, who is grown-up in the dream?
(a) Yuki Chiyo.
(b) Kirara.
(c) Kodai.
(d) Anju.

4. What happens in Tokyo at the end of the book?
(a) The Olympic games are held there.
(b) A fire.
(c) A flood.
(d) An earthquake.

5. What is Subaru Tsukiyama's relationship to Eiji?
(a) He is Eiji's grandfather.
(b) He is Eiji's great-uncle, the brother of Eiji's grandfather.
(c) He is Eiji's half-brother.
(d) He is Eiji's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What strange things does Ai say are happening in Tokyo when she and Eiji talk by telephone at the end of Chapter Eight?

2. Who is Eiji's second dream in Chapter Eight about?

3. What did the yakuza do to Mrs. Yamaya?

4. Who is expecting a baby in Chapter Six?

5. What does the postcard Eiji receives ask him to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who meets Eiji at the Amadeus Tea Room instead of his grandfather on the day of his second meeting with the older man, and why does his grandfather not meet him then as planned?

2. Who is Subaru Tsukiyama and what is his relationship to Eiji?

3. Explain who Mrs. Yamaya is and describe her visit with Eiji.

4. How do Mrs. Sasaki and Buntaro become a substitute family for Eiji in Chapter Five?

5. Why does the second truck driver Eiji rides with in Chapter Eight want to commit suicide and why does he change his mind?

6. Who is Takara Tsukiyama, and how might he lead Eiji to Eiji's father?

7. What secrets does Ai Imajo reveal about herself in Chapter Six, and what do her revelations indicate about her changing relationship with Eiji?

8. How does Eiji's grandfather show that he approves of Eiji?

9. Why is Eiji's grandfather disappointed in Eiji's father?

10. After escaping the exploding cars and the yakuza, where does Eiji wake up at the beginning of Chapter Five, and what childhood memories does the place in which he awakens rekindle?

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