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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Anju learn about her mother when she accidentally overhears some local women talking in Mrs. Tanaka's store?
2. Which of the following does not describe what happens to Daimon after the yakuza release him?
3. What is Anju's relationship to Eiji?
4. Who is Mr. Aoyama?
5. What kind of insects live in Eiji's apartment?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Eiji's helping Daimon after the yakuza injure Daimon indicate about Eiji's character?
2. Why does Eiji engage in so much fantasy and daydreaming?
3. What factors make Eiji feel out of place in Tokyo?
4. Why does the structure of Chapter One switch back and forth between fantasy and reality so often, making it difficult to tell the difference between the two?
5. How does Eiji's experience with Daimon on his twentieth birthday illustrate his naivety?
6. What is the yakuza and how is Daimon tied to the organization?
7. What rumors has Anju overheard about her mother?
8. How successful are Eiji's initial attempts to contact Akiko Kato?
9. Why does Eiji decapitate the statue of the thunder god in his village shrine?
10. Describe Eiji's habit of nicknaming people.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast Eiji's relationships with his three male friends: Suga, Daimon, and Buntaro. Also, discuss how he meets each of these friends, how they help him and whether he helps any of them, what his relationship with each of them is like, and whether any of the relationships change over the course of the novel.
Essay Topic 2
Pick any three of Eiji's dreams from Number Nine Dream and analyze them. Discuss any symbolism the dreams contain, if and how the dreams help Eiji accept his twin sister's death, and any foreshadowing the dreams contain.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Suga's Holy Grail and how it parallels Eiji's search for his father. In what ways are the two quests similar? In what ways are they different? What concepts is the author reinforcing about Eiji's quest in his depiction of Suga's quest?
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