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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Daimon come to visit Eiji in Chapter Five?
(a) To thank Eiji for saving his life and to apologize.
(b) To tell Eiji he has found Eiji's father.
(c) To warn Eiji to stay away from Miriam.
(d) To kill Eiji.

2. Who is expecting a baby in Chapter Six?
(a) Miriam.
(b) Mrs. Sasaki.
(c) Buntaro's wife.
(d) Eiji's mother.

3. Who responds to Eiji's personal ad in the newspaper?
(a) A woman who thinks Eiji may be her stepbrother.
(b) A man who thinks Eiji may be his grandson.
(c) A woman who says she knows Eiji's father.
(d) A man who thinks Eiji may be his son.

4. What obstacle does Ai Imajo face in attaining her goal?
(a) Her father doesn't want her to go to the Paris school.
(b) She can't afford it.
(c) She has a learning disability.
(d) She doesn't have good grades.

5. In Eiji's dream at the beginning of Chapter Eight, who is grown-up in the dream?
(a) Kirara.
(b) Kodai.
(c) Yuki Chiyo.
(d) Anju.

6. Who is Goatwriter?
(a) One of the yakuza men.
(b) A goat and lead character in the book Eiji finds and reads.
(c) A computer hacker at Ueno Station.
(d) Buntaro's brother.

7. Who is Pithecanthropus?
(a) A yakuza man.
(b) A customer in the Jupiter Cafe.
(c) A customer in Buntaro's video store.
(d) Goatwriter's friend and a handyman in the book Eiji finds.

8. Which of the following is not a way the yakuza trick Eiji in Chapter Seven?
(a) The message gives a time and place to meet his father.
(b) They use Daimon to get Eiji to their meeting place.
(c) They leave him a message supposedly from his father.
(d) The message says his father wants to see him.

9. In Chapter Five, how much time has lapsed since Eiji first left his village to come to Tokyo in search of his father?
(a) A week.
(b) A year.
(c) Two years.
(d) Five weeks.

10. Which of the following is not a reason Mrs. Yamaya has sent information about yakuza activities to Eiji?
(a) She has sent information posthumously.
(b) She has sent information to people she hopes will act on it.
(c) She wants the yakuza to come after Eiji.
(d) Eiji shares the first name of her dead son.

11. What action does Eiji take after receiving the address from Daimon?
(a) He sends Buntaro to check out the address.
(b) He goes to the address in person.
(c) He hires a personal detective to go to the address.
(d) He writes the detecting asking for help locating his father.

12. Who is Ogre?
(a) Eiji's cousin.
(b) A yakuza assassin.
(c) A coworker at Nero's.
(d) The driver of the truck in which Eiji is riding.

13. What is Eiji's fourth dream in Chapter Eight about?
(a) His father and stepmother.
(b) Yoko Ono.
(c) Anju and her death.
(d) John Lennon and his song #9 Dream.

14. At the beginning of Chapter Six, where does Eiji go to meet his grandfather?
(a) The Jupiter Cafe.
(b) The PanOpticon.
(c) The Amadeus Tea Room.
(d) His grandfather's home in Tokyo.

15. When Buntaro visits Eiji in Chatper Five, who does he say has been looking for Eiji?
(a) Ai Imajo.
(b) Eiji's father.
(c) Mr. Tsuru.
(d) Eiji's stepmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Six, what tale does Suga give as the reason for his emotional distress when he shows up drunk one night while Eiji is working?

2. Who does Ai Imajo urge Eiji to meet?

3. Which of the following does not describe what Eiji finds when he finally meets his father?

4. In Chapter Six, what does Ai Imajo confide to Eiji?

5. In Chapter Six, who does Eiji phone with increasing frequency?

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