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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Mrs. Yamaya?
(a) Eiji's stepmother.
(b) A prospective employer for Eiji.
(c) Morino's detective, who compiled the file on Eiji's father.
(d) Eiji's stepsister.

2. In Chapter Seven, where is Suga going to take a new job?
(a) London.
(b) Nagasaki.
(c) Texas.
(d) New York.

3. Why has Mrs. Yamaya not been able to get the authorities to make use of the data she has gathered about the yakuza?
(a) The yakuza own the police and politicians.
(b) The yakuza are blackmailing her.
(c) The data is hidden in a place guarded by the yakuza.
(d) She is in hiding.

4. Who is Monkfish?
(a) Buntaro's brother.
(b) The boyfriend of Eiji's mother.
(c) Ai Imajo's brother.
(d) The driver of the second truck in which Eiji rides.

5. What does Suga give Eiji before he leaves for his new job?
(a) A John Lennon DVD.
(b) His finest computer virus.
(c) A gold watch.
(d) A photo of himself.

6. As he reflects on Anju's death and what gives his life meaning, what does Eiji begin to think about his search for his father?
(a) It is what gives his life meaning.
(b) He should give up his quest.
(c) It might not be as important as he has previously believed.
(d) He should increase his devotion to his quest.

7. Which of the following statements does not describe the unfamiliar house in which Eiji awakens at the beginning of Chapter Five?
(a) It has no telephone.
(b) A big black dog lives in it.
(c) It is well-furnished and old fashioned.
(d) It has no tv.

8. What is Eiji's mother doing when he arrives at her clinic?
(a) Having a birthday party.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Eating lunch.
(d) Dancing.

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

10. In Chapter Six, what does Ai Imajo confide to Eiji?
(a) That she knows who Eiji's father is.
(b) That she's diabetic and shoots herself with insulin.
(c) That she loves Eiji.
(d) That she is on the run from an abusive husband.

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

12. Who offers Eiji a job at Nero's pizza?
(a) Daimon.
(b) Mrs. Sasaki.
(c) Ai Imajo's roommate, Sachiko Sera.
(d) Ai Imajo.

13. Why doesn't Eiji take a cigarette when Ogre offers him one?
(a) He fears Ogre has germs.
(b) He doesn't like Ogre.
(c) He has promised AI Imajo he will stop smoking.
(d) He is allergic to cigarettes.

14. Who meets Eiji when he is expecting to meet his grandfather instead?
(a) His father.
(b) His stepmother and half-sister.
(c) His mother.
(d) His grandfather's attorney.

15. What strange things does Ai say are happening in Tokyo when she and Eiji talk by telephone at the end of Chapter Eight?
(a) The rain is yellow.
(b) The temperature has dropped noticeably.
(c) It is snowing in summer.
(d) Pigeons are flying into buildings and cars.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ai Imajo urge Eiji to meet?

2. Who is Pithecanthropus?

3. When his mother phones him, what does Eiji say to her?

4. What is Subaru Tsukiyama's relationship to Eiji?

5. What does Eiji find in the secret room of the unfamiliar house?

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