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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, "Lost Property".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the letter Eiji receives from his mother in Chapter Two reveal?
(a) That his mother is dying of cancer.
(b) That his mother works in Tokyo with Akiko Kato.
(c) That his mother tried to kill him when he was a baby.
(d) That his father is a famous movie star.

2. What happens to Anju when Eiji has to leave her to go on an overnight trip with his soccer team?
(a) She meets their long lost mother.
(b) She has a severe asthma attack.
(c) She drowns while trying to swim out to the whalestone.
(d) She is kidnapped.

3. Who gets Eiji his job by arranging an interview for him with Mrs. Sasaki?
(a) Mr. Aoyama.
(b) Suga.
(c) Buntaro.
(d) Anju.

4. Who is Akiko Kato?
(a) Eiji's birth mother.
(b) An attorney who is Eiji's only lead to his father.
(c) The woman Eiji hopes to date.
(d) Eiji's grandmother.

5. In Eiji's fantasy about Akiko Kato, what happens to the information he finds in her office?
(a) It's stolen from him before he can read it.
(b) It proves false and doesn't lead to his father.
(c) The ink it's printed with disappears when exposed to air.
(d) It is accidentally shredded.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter One, how does Eiji hope he will meet Akiko Kato?

2. Which of Eiji's coworkers commits suicide when told he is being demoted?

3. Instead of confronting Akiko, how does Eiji spend most of his afternoon in Chapter One?

4. How does Akiko Kato respond in Chapter Two to the letter Eiji sends her?

5. With whom do eleven-year-old Anju and Eiji live?

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