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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter One, how does Eiji hope he will meet Akiko Kato?
(a) He hopes he will meet Akiko at a dance.
(b) He hopes a friend will introduce them.
(c) He hopes she will come to the Jupiter Cafe for lunch.
(d) He hopes he will meet Akiko on the bus ride home.

2. In Chapter Three, who accuses Eiji of spying on her for Daimon?
(a) Velvet.
(b) Ai Imajo.
(c) Miriam.
(d) Coffee.

3. In what guise does Eiji fantasize that he sneaks into Akiko Kato's building?
(a) As a security guard.
(b) As an aquarium cleaner.
(c) As a paramedic.
(d) As a policeman.

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

5. What magazine does Suga read in Chapter Two?
(a) Sports Illustrated.
(b) MasterHacker.
(c) Time.
(d) People.

6. What interrupts Eiji's playing of the video game Virtua Sapiens?
(a) Daimon and Miriam arguing.
(b) The cafe being robbed.
(c) A gang attacking him.
(d) An angry man threatening the waitress with the perfect neck.

7. To what does Daimon offer to treat Eiji?
(a) A day at the spa.
(b) A few drinks.
(c) A steak dinner.
(d) A baseball game.

8. What does Eiji have to do in exchange for information on his father?
(a) Sell drugs for the yakuza.
(b) Rob a bank for the yakuza.
(c) Shoot Daimon.
(d) Sign a blood oath promising one day's loyalty to Morino.

9. Who do the yakuza men lock up with Eiji in Chapter Four?
(a) Daimon.
(b) Suga.
(c) Ai Imajo.
(d) Buntaro.

10. Why does Eiji do what he does to the thunder god's statue when he is eleven?
(a) To worship the thunder god.
(b) To fulfill his initiation into a gang.
(c) To pay the god back for Anju's death.
(d) To rebel against his mother and father.

11. How does Ai Imajo suggest that Eiji search for his father in Tokyo?
(a) By going on television.
(b) By seeing his mother and making her lead him to his father.
(c) By hiring a private detective.
(d) By putting an ad in the newspaper's personal columns.

12. Which of the following statements does not describe Daimon?
(a) He is a final-year law student.
(b) He is a native of Tokyo.
(c) He is from Germany.
(d) He is a gifted pool player.

13. What happens when Eiji asks for the file folder about his father?
(a) The yakuza burn it.
(b) He's told to leave before he's beaten senseless.
(c) The yakuza break his arm.
(d) It is given to him.

14. What does Eiji leave in the video arcade in Chapter Three?
(a) His baseball cap.
(b) His credit card.
(c) His car keys.
(d) His wallet.

15. What person does Eiji decide to meet virtually in the video game Virtua Sapiens?
(a) His mother.
(b) Anju.
(c) His father.
(d) His stepmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city does the book open?

2. Where does Eiji find the file folder about his father?

3. Why can't Eiji sleep at night in Chapter Two?

4. Who is Akiko Kato?

5. Who is Buntaro?

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