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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Whom does the Main Character get to agree to pickup himself and the Girlfriend at 8:00 the next morning in Chapter 31?
(a) The livestock inspector.
(b) The caretaker's son.
(c) The caretaker.
(d) A mountain guide.
2. What fantasy does the man have as he is cooking dinner in Chapter 35?
(a) He imagines cooking dinner for the Rat.
(b) He imagines getting on a train.
(c) He imagines marrying the Girlfriend.
(d) He imagines owning a restaurant.
3. Who does the caretaker say is living in the home on the sheep ranch that the Main Character visits in Chapter 30?
(a) No one.
(b) The Sheep Professor's wife.
(c) The owner of the villa.
(d) The owner of the hotel the couple is staying in.
4. What object does the Main Character discover in a book at the villa while he is waiting for the Rat to arrive?
(a) The Strange Man's business card.
(b) The bulletin with the starred sheep.
(c) A paper-thin mirror.
(d) The ad he submitted seeking the Rat.
5. What does the Main Character find on the mountain road that tells him someone else has been there recently?
(a) Tire marks.
(b) A cigarette butt.
(c) A hat.
(d) Footprints.
6. Where did the Sheep Professor once work?
(a) The Japanese Secret Service.
(b) The US Army.
(c) The Ministry of Forestry and Agriculture.
(d) The Ministry of Science.
7. Why does the caretaker admit that he will not take the Main Character and the Girlfriend any further up the mountain road?
(a) He believes it is unlucky.
(b) He has been paid to stop here.
(c) He has been threatened if he takes them any further.
(d) He has run out of gas.
8. How do the Main Character and the Girlfriend get to the station after the cat is picked up?
(a) They are taken by the same person who picks up the cat.
(b) They call a taxicab.
(c) They take the Girlfriend's car.
(d) The Strange Man sends a different car for them.
9. What is the Main Character doing on the tenth day of his visit when the Sheep Man returns to the villa?
(a) Playing the guitar.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Reading a book.
(d) Scrubbing the floor.
10. Whose suicide is revealed in Part 8?
(a) The Boss's.
(b) The Sheep Man's.
(c) The Rat's.
(d) The Girlfriend's.
11. What do the Main Character and the Girlfriend observe as they go further up the mountain road?
(a) There is a single small hut every few miles.
(b) The road worsens.
(c) Everything has been burned to the ground.
(d) There are headstones along the roadside.
12. Who says that names are given to things with purpose that are familiar and not mass produced?
(a) The Main Character.
(b) The person who picks up the cat.
(c) The Girlfriend.
(d) The station attendant.
13. What does the Main Character discover at the unlucky bend in the road?
(a) A brand new jeep.
(b) An old red truck.
(c) The road is impassable.
(d) The road is now paved.
14. After the couple checks into a hotel in Junitaki, what does the Main character do?
(a) Talks to the concierge about the locals.
(b) Visits the Town Hall.
(c) Visits the farm next door.
(d) Visits the local library.
15. What do the Main Character, the Girlfriend and the person who comes to pick up the cat discuss early in Chapter 24?
(a) The advertising business.
(b) The starred sheep.
(c) Messages from God.
(d) The superiority of animals over humans.
Short Answer Questions
1. In what condition is the Main Character at the beginning of Chapter 41?
2. Who else does the Sheep Professor say has been looking for the Sheep?
3. What does the Territorial Government name the area where the Sheep Professor's homestead is located?
4. What does the Main Character discover when he wakes up in Chapter 33?
5. Where do the Girlfriend and the Main Character first go to plan their strategy after exiting their flight?
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