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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ryoichi Gotanda was a former what to the narrator?
(a) Wife.
(b) Lab partner.
(c) Lover.
(d) Political rival.

2. The Sheep Man says that the only thing the writer can do is what in Chapter 11?
(a) Listen.
(b) Look.
(c) Dance.
(d) Believe.

3. The narrator considers what to be a stupid name for a band in Chapter 6?
(a) Led Zeppelin.
(b) Pink Floyd.
(c) The Who.
(d) Genesis.

4. Who told the writer that not knowing is what hurts other people, as revealed in Chapter 13?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother.
(c) His ex-wife.
(d) His grandmother.

5. For how long does the narrator say he stood staring agape at the building in Chapter 4?
(a) 2 days.
(b) 23 minutes.
(c) 20 seconds.
(d) 5 hours.

6. In Chapter 15, the writer decides to book a flight where?
(a) Sapporo.
(b) Tokyo.
(c) Hakone.
(d) Tsujido.

7. In Chapter 9, the narrator has an eerie experience on what floor of the hotel?
(a) 15th.
(b) 4th.
(c) 10th.
(d) 7th.

8. In Chapter 9, the writer develops an elaborate fantasy about an actress playing what historical figure?
(a) Cleopatra.
(b) Queen Mary.
(c) Queen Elizabeth.
(d) Marilyn Monroe.

9. What literary style does the narrator describe as rhetoric for rhetoric's sake in Chapter 17?
(a) Dadaist.
(b) Post-modern.
(c) French nouvelle vague.
(d) Western modernist.

10. In Chapter 12, the writer returns to the bedroom and is plagued by what?
(a) Nightmares.
(b) Fever.
(c) Coughing.
(d) Insomnia.

11. The assignment the protagonist goes on in Chapter 2 involves writing for what?
(a) A women's magazine.
(b) A scientific journal.
(c) A daily newspaper.
(d) A kid's magazine.

12. In Chapter 8, the writer calls his former business partner where?
(a) Hakodate.
(b) Tokyo.
(c) Kathmandu.
(d) Sapporo.

13. Where do the writer and the girl arrive in Chapter 16?
(a) Haneda.
(b) Sapporo.
(c) Kathmandu.
(d) Tokyo.

14. What does the writer sit on in the strange room in Chapter 11?
(a) A pillow.
(b) Books.
(c) A stool.
(d) A chair.

15. What season was it when the writer returned to society after his reclusive bout described in Chapter 2?
(a) Winter.
(b) Summer.
(c) Spring.
(d) Fall.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the manager's reaction when the receptionist told him about her strange experience, as told in Chapter 7?

2. The protagonist's job consisted mostly of what type of work in the beginning, as described in Chapter 3?

3. What pet did the protagonist have which died in his flashback in Chapter 2?

4. After dinner Yuki insists that the writer take a drive so that they can do what in Chapter 19?

5. In the stead where the Dolphin Hotel once stood is a building that is designed in what style in Chapter 4?

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