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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. When his mother phones him, what does Eiji say to her?
2. In Chapter Six, what does Ai Imajo confide to Eiji?
3. Who is expecting a baby in Chapter Six?
4. What does Eiji's grandfather loan Eiji?
5. Who is Eiji's third dream in Chapter Eight about?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Eiji's new job at Nero's pizza.
2. Why does Suga take a new job in Texas and what gift does he give Eiji upon departing for his new position?
3. Why does the second truck driver Eiji rides with in Chapter Eight want to commit suicide and why does he change his mind?
4. What is the significance of Eiji's final dream about Anju in which Anju tells him to go away so he will not drown, too?
5. Why is Eiji's grandfather disappointed in Eiji's father?
6. What does Mrs. Yamaya's letter in Chapter Seven reveal about her relationship with the yakuza?
7. Why is the Nero's delivery truck driver with whom Eiji rides in Chapter Eight alone in his life instead of married?
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. Why does Suga get drunk and how does his failure to succeed in his quest parallel Eiji's?
10. How does Daimon help Eiji's search for his father?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Some of the scenes in Number Nine Dream are written in first person and some are written in third person. Some chapters seem disjointed with no chronological order while others are more orderly. Discuss how the structure of the narrative reflects the state of mind of the narrator, Eiji, throughout the novel.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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.
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