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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 Eiji have to do in exchange for information on his father?
2. Which of the following is not something Anju can do at age eleven?
3. What does Eiji leave in the video arcade in Chapter Three?
4. What interrupts Eiji's playing of the video game Virtua Sapiens?
5. What draws Eiji's attention to one of the waitresses?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who does Eiji initially think "father" is in Chapter Four, and who does "father" eventually turn out to be?
2. What factors make Eiji vulnerable to exploitation by Daimon?
3. What does the letter Eiji receives from his mother in Chapter Two reveal, and how does it make him feel about contacting his mother again?
4. What factors make Eiji feel out of place in Tokyo?
5. Who kidnaps Eiji in Chapter Four and why is Eiji kidnapped?
6. 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?
7. Who is Buntaro and what is Eiji's relationship with him like?
8. 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?
9. What rumors has Anju overheard about her mother?
10. Discuss Eiji's playing of video games in Chapter Three and what the video games symbolize.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 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 the significance of the John Lennon song Number Nine Dream to the novel. What does John Lennon tell Eiji in his dream that the song means? How do Lennon's references to ghosts and loneliness relate to Eiji's life? What do you think the author is trying to say through the use of the song in the novel's title and in the dream sequence?
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