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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. Who is Wheatie?
2. What kind of business does Buntaro own?
3. Who does Eiji fantasize knocking out with the item in his toolbox?
4. In Eiji's fantasy, what is hidden in his toolbox for him to use in knocking out people?
5. Where does Eiji go for breakfast in Chapter Three after his night with Daimon?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Morino trick Eiji with his father's photo in Chapter Four?
2. Why do Donkey and Dowager call the waitress with the perfect neck a "hand cream model", and what does the depiction of the girl's hands in Chapter One really indicate?
3. How does the video game Virtua Sapiens relate to Eiji's quest for his father?
4. Why does Eiji think Miriam can lead him to his father and how does he pursue his father through her?
5. How does Eiji's defense in Chapter Three of Ai Imajo, the waitress with the perfect neck at the Jupiter Cafe, affect his developing relationship with Ai?
6. Why does Eiji decapitate the statue of the thunder god in his village shrine?
7. What factors make Eiji feel out of place in Tokyo?
8. Discuss Eiji's playing of video games in Chapter Three and what the video games symbolize.
9. Who is Cat and what does Eiji's relationship with her indicate?
10. What does Eiji's fantasy about masquerading as an aquarium cleaner to meet Akako Kato reveal about his character?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the role of the yakuza in Number Nine Dream. In what ways is the yakuza organization like a family? What do you think Eiji learns from his experiences with the yakuza? In what ways does the yakuza help Eiji find his own substitute family?
Essay Topic 2
Meaning is one of the themes in Number Nine Dream. Discuss Eiji and any other two characters from the novel and discuss what gives their lives meaning. Does what gives their lives meaning change for any of the characters over the course of the story? What do you think the author is saying through these characters about what gives life meaning?
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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