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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 doesn't Eiji's grandfather meet him?
(a) His grandfather is in the hospital.
(b) His grandfather has disowned him.
(c) His grandfather has died.
(d) His grandfather wants his attorney to send Eiji away.

2. Who is Monkfish?
(a) The driver of the second truck in which Eiji rides.
(b) The boyfriend of Eiji's mother.
(c) Buntaro's brother.
(d) Ai Imajo's brother.

3. In Chapter Five, how much time has lapsed since Eiji first left his village to come to Tokyo in search of his father?
(a) Two years.
(b) A week.
(c) Five weeks.
(d) A year.

4. What action does Eiji take after receiving the address from Daimon?
(a) He hires a personal detective to go to the address.
(b) He sends Buntaro to check out the address.
(c) He writes the detecting asking for help locating his father.
(d) He goes to the address in person.

5. Why does the person in Eiji's third dream say Anju is not dead?
(a) Because her death was a dream.
(b) Because life is eternal.
(c) Because she was kidnapped.
(d) Because Eiji won't let her die.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Eiji wakes up from his initial dream in Chapter Eight, where does he find himself?

2. Who is Mrs. Yamaya?

3. When Eiji asks Buntaro what he can do to cover his rent now that he is no longer working at Ueno Station, what does Buntaro propose?

4. What does Suga succeed in doing in Chapter Seven?

5. Which of the following statements does not describe the unfamiliar house in which Eiji awakens at the beginning of Chapter Five?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Daimon help Eiji's search for his father?

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

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

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

5. Describe Eiji's dream about Mr. Aoyama.

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

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

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

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

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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