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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. Where does Eiji find the file folder about his father?
2. Which of the following is not something Eiji has to convince his kidnapper of in order to be released?
3. What is Anju's relationship to Eiji?
4. How does Akiko Kato respond in Chapter Two to the letter Eiji sends her?
5. To what does Daimon offer to treat Eiji?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Eiji's coworkers at Ueno Station and his relationships with them.
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. What happens to Mr. Aoyama in Chapter Two?
4. What does Eiji's helping Daimon after the yakuza injure Daimon indicate about Eiji's character?
5. Who does Eiji initially think "father" is in Chapter Four, and who does "father" eventually turn out to be?
6. What factors make Eiji feel out of place in Tokyo?
7. Why does Eiji engage in so much fantasy and daydreaming?
8. 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?
9. Who kidnaps Eiji in Chapter Four and why is Eiji kidnapped?
10. Describe Eiji's habit of nicknaming people.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Family is an important concept in Number Nine Dream. Compare and contrast Eiji's relationships with his real family members with his relationships with his Tokyo friends who become a substitute family to him. What do you think the author is saying through Eiji's relationships about family?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Discuss how the fictional manuscript about Goatwriter that Eiji finds and reads in Chapter Five is an allegory of Eiji's own experiences. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
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