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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. Where does the writer have breakfast in Chapter 14?
2. Who told the writer that not knowing is what hurts other people, as revealed in Chapter 13?
3. When the protagonist thinks of the Dolphin Hotel in Chapter 1, he recalls it as being what?
4. For how long did the protagonist remain reclusive following his divorce and depression, as described in Chapter 2?
5. What is the profession of Yuki's mother in the novel?
Short Essay Questions
1. What events take place when the protagonist awakens in Chapter 14?
2. How does the narrator compare the old Dolphin Hotel to its replacement in Chapter 6?
3. How does the hotel receptionist describe her experience on the sixteenth floor in Chapter 7?
4. What causes the protagonist to encounter "Unrequited Love" in Chapter 14? What is his reaction to the film?
5. How does the protagonist feel when he returns to his hotel room in Chapter 12? When does he sleep and awaken?
6. How does the protagonist describe his entrance into his profession in Chapter 3?
7. How does Yuki describe her relationship with her parents in Chapter 16?
8. What thoughts consume the protagonist in Chapter 13? Why?
9. Where does the protagonist decide to go after his assignment ends in Chapter 4? What does he find upon arrival?
10. What led to a previous depression of the protagonist's, as described in Chapter 2?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss the character of the hotel receptionist in the novel, and her story about the sixteenth floor. How might this be another element of foreshadowing?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the theme of abandonment in the novel. How does this theme apply to both the narrator and to Yuki?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss objective in the reading. What does the protagonist want? How does he go about achieving his goals? How do these objectives change?
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