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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. Who is Goatwriter?
(a) One of the yakuza men.
(b) A goat and lead character in the book Eiji finds and reads.
(c) Buntaro's brother.
(d) A computer hacker at Ueno Station.

2. Who does Eiji's grandfather pretend to be when he meets Eiji?
(a) His grandfather's financial adviser.
(b) Admiral Raizo, an old family friend.
(c) His grandfather's physician.
(d) His grandfather's attorney.

3. When Eiji wakes up from his initial dream in Chapter Eight, where does he find himself?
(a) At his mother's clinic.
(b) In Ai Imajo's apartment.
(c) In the cab of a truck.
(d) At the Jupiter Cafe.

4. Which of the following does not describe how Eiji sabotages the yakuza at the end of Chapter Seven?
(a) He attaches Mrs. Yamaya's data on the yakuza to the virus.
(b) He sends Mrs. Yamaya's data to theTokyo police.
(c) He bombs Mr. Tsuru's car.
(d) He uses Suga's computer virus.

5. Where do Ai Imajo and Eiji have breakfast in Chapter Seven?
(a) McDonald's.
(b) The Amadeus Tea Room.
(c) The Jupiter Cafe.
(d) The PanOpticon Building.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What is Ai Imajo's educational goal?

4. Why does Eiji miss his six o'clock visitor?

5. Which of the following does not describe what Eiji finds when he finally meets his father?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

6. How does Eiji finally get to meet his father, and how does he feel after the meeting?

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

8. 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?

9. Explain how Eiji gets a new job in Chapter Six.

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

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