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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the Main Character first learn of the death in Chapter 1?
(a) A phone call.
(b) An obituary.
(c) He sees the person die.
(d) The news.

2. Whom does the Rat ask the Main Character to visit for him?
(a) An old man.
(b) A religious man.
(c) A female friend.
(d) His mother.

3. Why does the Strange Man Call the Main Character after his return from the Boss's home?
(a) Because the Boss is getting worse.
(b) Because the Boss has disappeared.
(c) Because the Boss has died.
(d) Because the Boss has recovered.

4. What does the Strange Man give to the Main Character in Chapter 18 before telling him to leave?
(a) A large sum of money.
(b) An address.
(c) A picture of the Girlfriend with the starred sheep.
(d) Lunch.

5. What does the Strange Man want the Main Character to tell him in Chapter 17?
(a) The Rat's location.
(b) How he met the Rat.
(c) How he met the Girlfriend.
(d) Where he obtained the sheep photo.

6. At what age does the person who dies in Chapter 1 predict that he or she will die?
(a) 25.
(b) 59.
(c) 30.
(d) 18.

7. What is the trilateral power base that the Boss is said to control?
(a) Japanese imports, publishing, and politicians.
(b) Scientific institutions, a political party, and gold mines.
(c) Politicians, information services, and stocks.
(d) Bankers, newspapers, and educational institutions.

8. Who is at the Main Character's apartment when he arrives home in Chapter 2?
(a) His ex-wife.
(b) The postman.
(c) His friend.
(d) His sister-in-law.

9. What does the person who is at the Main Character's apartment in Chapter 2 tell him?
(a) That she still loves him.
(b) That he is selfish.
(c) That he owes money.
(d) That he is invited to a party.

10. What is in the photograph that the Main Character used in the bulletin?
(a) Worms digging in dirt.
(b) The Girlfriend and the Boss.
(c) A famous and powerful man.
(d) A herd of sheep.

11. Who owns the bar that the Main Character visits in carrying out the Rat's request?
(a) The Main Character's father.
(b) TC.
(c) The Gap Toothed Girl.
(d) J.

12. Who is the second person that the Main Character tries to phone after Limo Driver on his return from the Boss's home?
(a) The Business Partner.
(b) God.
(c) The Girlfriend.
(d) His ex-wife.

13. What are the three occupations of the Girlfriend?
(a) Model, proofreader, and call girl.
(b) Graphic designer, psychic, and dog walker.
(c) Delivery person, Feng Shui advisor, and operator.
(d) Teacher, accountant, and sales clerk.

14. Whom does the Strange Man say he represents?
(a) The person in the photograph.
(b) A friend.
(c) The name on the business card.
(d) The Main Character's father.

15. What does the Main Character dream about in the limo on the way to the Boss's house?
(a) A hammer and a talking sheep.
(b) Pliers and a talking cow.
(c) The Girlfriend's ears on the Strange Man's head.
(d) The Girlfriends ears sitting on the seat next to him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the bar owner give the Main Character?

2. For how long does the Main Character tell the Business Partner that he will be gone?

3. How does the Main Character react the first time he sees the Girlfriend's ears?

4. Whom does the Main Character live with?

5. What does the Strange Man do when the Main Character refuses to tell him what he wants to know in Chapter 17?

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