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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. Which of the following is not a way the yakuza trick Eiji in Chapter Seven?

2. What strange things does Ai say are happening in Tokyo when she and Eiji talk by telephone at the end of Chapter Eight?

3. Who is expecting a baby in Chapter Six?

4. In what does Subaru Tsukiyama find his life's meaning?

5. What does Suga succeed in doing in Chapter Seven?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the manuscript Eiji finds about Goatwriter an allegory for Eiji's own adventures?

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

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

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

5. How does Daimon help Eiji's search for his father?

6. Why is the Nero's delivery truck driver with whom Eiji rides in Chapter Eight alone in his life instead of married?

7. Why is Eiji's grandfather disappointed in Eiji's father?

8. After escaping the exploding cars and the yakuza, where does Eiji wake up at the beginning of Chapter Five, and what childhood memories does the place in which he awakens rekindle?

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

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the mother figures in Number Nine Dream: Eiji's mother, Eiji's stepmother, Mrs. Sasaki, and Mama-san. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

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