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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. In Chapter 9, the narrator has an eerie experience on what floor of the hotel?

2. When the protagonist thinks of the Dolphin Hotel in Chapter 1, he recalls it as being what?

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

4. In what country is the novel set?

5. What does the writer sit on in the strange room in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the hotel receptionist describe her experience on the sixteenth floor in Chapter 7?

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

4. Why does the hotel receptionist speak under false pretenses in Chapter 7?

5. What stranger does the writer feel a strange connection with in Chapter 6?

6. What movie release does the protagonist read about in Chapter 8? What are his feelings about the film?

7. On what assignment does the protagonist go in Chapter 2? How does he describe his job?

8. How does the narrator describe the Dolphin Hotel in Chapter 1?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the narrator's treatment by the police and the events in Chapters 22 and 23. Why did the narrator not summon a lawyer?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the settings of Haneda, Tokyo and Akasaka in the narrative. What leads the writer to each of these locales?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the objectives and emotional state of the protagonist in Chapters 12 and 13. How has the appearance of the Sheep Man changed the protagonist and his objectives?

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