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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 does Eiji miss his six o'clock visitor?
(a) He hides out in the secret room.
(b) He falls asleep.
(c) He is drugged.
(d) The visitor breaks in and remains quiet to not be detected.

2. Who offers Eiji a job at Nero's pizza?
(a) Mrs. Sasaki.
(b) Daimon.
(c) Ai Imajo's roommate, Sachiko Sera.
(d) Ai Imajo.

3. What does Suga succeed in doing in Chapter Seven?
(a) Getting a raise.
(b) Hacking the Pentagon computer, his Holy Grail.
(c) Getting a new girlfriend.
(d) Getting married.

4. What does Admiral Raizo say Eiji and his grandfather both want?
(a) Meaning.
(b) The love of Eiji's father.
(c) Respect.
(d) A happy family life.

5. When his mother phones him, what does Eiji say to her?
(a) That she is crazy and needs therapy.
(b) That she is responsible for Anju's death.
(c) That he never wants to hear from her again.
(d) That he wants to come see her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What have the yakuza done to Mrs. Yamaya because of her attempts to use the information she has gathered about their activities?

2. In what does Subaru Tsukiyama find his life's meaning?

3. What action does Eiji take after receiving the address from Daimon?

4. Who does Eiji fear will hunt him down once he awakens in the strange house?

5. Why does Mrs. Sasaki tell Eiji not to return to his job at Ueno Station?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Is the earthquake in Tokyo at the end of Number Nine Dream real or fantasy?

3. Describe Eiji's new job at Nero's pizza.

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

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

6. Why is the Nero's delivery truck driver with whom Eiji rides in Chapter Eight alone in his life instead of married?

7. What does Mrs. Yamaya's letter in Chapter Seven reveal about her relationship with the yakuza?

8. How is the manuscript Eiji finds about Goatwriter an allegory for Eiji's own adventures?

9. Why does Suga take a new job in Texas and what gift does he give Eiji upon departing for his new position?

10. What is the significance of Eiji's final dream about Anju in which Anju tells him to go away so he will not drown, too?

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