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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 9, the writer is restless and wishes that the receptionist did not have what that night?
(a) Swim club.
(b) A college class.
(c) A date.
(d) A martial arts lesson.

2. What is the narrative voice of the novel?
(a) Second person.
(b) Third person.
(c) First person.
(d) Fourth person.

3. How does the receptionist describe the air as smelling just before she had a strange experience in the hotel in Chapter 7?
(a) Like sulphur.
(b) Like beer.
(c) Like garbage.
(d) Moldy.

4. The young girl tells the writer that she and her mother have a place to stay where in Chapter 16?
(a) Tokyo.
(b) Sapporo.
(c) Yokohama.
(d) Akasaka.

5. Where do the writer and photographer arrive in the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Honolulu.
(b) Hakodate.
(c) Hokkaido.
(d) Haneda.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator refers to his job as shoveling what in Chapter 2?

2. In Chapter 8, the writer calls his former business partner where?

3. What is the young girl doing whom the narrator spots in the hotel bar in Chapter 6?

4. For how long did the protagonist remain reclusive following his divorce and depression, as described in Chapter 2?

5. What kind of car does the protagonist drive?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does the author arrive in Chapter 4? What does he do after arriving?

2. Where does the protagonist arrive in Chapter 16? Where does he decide to stay?

3. What does the protagonist ask of his former business partner in Chapter 8?

4. How does the protagonist describe Ryoichi Gotanda in Chapter 8?

5. How does the protagonist describe his entrance into his profession in Chapter 3?

6. How does Yuki describe her relationship with her parents in Chapter 16?

7. What led to a previous depression of the protagonist's, as described in Chapter 2?

8. Where does the protagonist decide to go after his assignment ends in Chapter 4? What does he find upon arrival?

9. How does the protagonist feel when he returns to his hotel room in Chapter 12? When does he sleep and awaken?

10. What does the protagonist discover at the library in Chapter 7?

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