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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 statements does not describe the unfamiliar house in which Eiji awakens at the beginning of Chapter Five?

2. Why is Ogre not married?

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

4. In Chapter Five, how much time has lapsed since Eiji first left his village to come to Tokyo in search of his father?

5. Why does Daimon come to visit Eiji in Chapter Five?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Takara Tsukiyama, and how might he lead Eiji to Eiji's father?

2. How does Eiji's grandfather show that he approves of Eiji?

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

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

5. Is the earthquake in Tokyo at the end of Number Nine Dream real or fantasy?

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

7. In Chapter Seven, what plans does Eiji make with his mother?

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

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

10. Describe Eiji's dream about John Lennon and Lennon's song "#9 Dream".

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the treatment of women in Number Nine dream.

Part I: Which women are treated well by men and which women are treated poorly by men in the novel? How do you explain any differences in the way women are treated?

Part II: Does the treatment of women in the novel reflect the role of women in Japanese society? In what ways?

Part III: What might Ai's defiance of her father to attend school in Paris symbolize about the changing role of women in Japanese society?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Eiji's relationship with Anju. What is the relationship like during Anju's life and what is it like once she is dead? What helps Eiji finally accept her death?

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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