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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 the postcard Eiji receives ask him to do?

2. In Chapter Five, who faxes Eiji a message that he is coming to visit at six o'clock?

3. What is Ai Imajo's educational goal?

4. What does Ai Imajo offer to buy Eiji when they meet for breakfast in Chapter Seven?

5. What happens in Tokyo at the end of the book?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Eiji's new job at Nero's pizza.

3. In Chapter Five, from whom does Eiji receive a postcard, and how does the card indicate a shift in the writer's attitude toward Eiji?

4. How does Eiji's relationship with Ai Imajo change in Chapter Five?

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

6. Who meets Eiji at the Amadeus Tea Room instead of his grandfather on the day of his second meeting with the older man, and why does his grandfather not meet him then as planned?

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

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

9. Who is Subaru Tsukiyama and what is his relationship to Eiji?

10. Why does the second truck driver Eiji rides with in Chapter Eight want to commit suicide and why does he change his mind?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss symbolism and metaphor in Number Nine Dream. Give three examples of symbolism in the novel and discuss what the symbols are used to convey.

Essay Topic 3

Number Nine Dream contains a number of instances of foreshadowing. Cite at least three examples of foreshadowing in the novel and explain how it is used to indicate events to come.

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