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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 part of the story that Monkfish relates to Eiji?
(a) Monkfish killed his ex-girlfriend.
(b) Monkfish loved a girl whose family disapproved of him.
(c) Monkfish dreamed his lover killed herself.
(d) Monkfish wanted to kill himself over his love.

2. What happens during Eiji's visit with his mother?
(a) Eiji's mother runs away from him.
(b) Eiji and his mother blame each other for Anju's death.
(c) Eiji and his mother agree to try and start over.
(d) Eiji and his mother argue loudly.

3. Who responds to Eiji's personal ad in the newspaper?
(a) A man who thinks Eiji may be his son.
(b) A woman who says she knows Eiji's father.
(c) A woman who thinks Eiji may be her stepbrother.
(d) A man who thinks Eiji may be his grandson.

4. Which of the following does not describe what Eiji finds when he finally meets his father?
(a) His father argues via telephone with his stepmother.
(b) Eiji leaves without revealing who he is.
(c) His father orders a pizza which Eiji delivers.
(d) Eiji's father hugs him and arranges to meet him regularly.

5. What is Eiji's mother doing when he arrives at her clinic?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Having a birthday party.
(c) Eating lunch.
(d) Sleeping.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who meets Eiji when he is expecting to meet his grandfather instead?

2. Which of the following is not a way the yakuza trick Eiji in Chapter Seven?

3. Which of the following statements does not describe something Daimon reveals during his visit with Eiji in Chapter Five?

4. What have the pregnant woman in Chapter Six and her husband decided to name their coming baby?

5. At the beginning of Chapter Six, where does Eiji go to meet his grandfather?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter Five, from whom does Eiji receive a postcard, and how does the card indicate a shift in the writer's attitude toward Eiji?

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

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

5. In Chapter Seven, what plans does Eiji make with his mother?

6. How does Eiji's relationship with Ai Imajo change in Chapter Five?

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

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

9. Describe Eiji's dream about John Lennon and Lennon's song "#9 Dream".

10. Why does Suga get drunk and how does his failure to succeed in his quest parallel Eiji's?

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