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

3. What does Eiji wear on his head in Chapter One?
(a) A baseball cap.
(b) A golf cap.
(c) A plumed hat.
(d) A straw hat.

4. Who does Eiji fantasize knocking out with the item in his toolbox?
(a) The receptionist, Akiko Kato's bioborg, and Akiko Kato.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) His boss, his landlord, and his father.

5. What video game is Eiji playing at the beginning of Chapter Three?
(a) The Haunted Hotel.
(b) Hercules and the Amazons.
(c) Zax Omega and Red Plague Moon.
(d) Soldiers of Glory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the source of Daimon's money?

2. What does Eiji do to the thunder god's statue when he is eleven-years-old?

3. At the beginning of Chapter Two, what does Eiji think has happened to Cat?

4. Who does Eiji find waiting for him when he comes out of the noodle shop in Chapter Four?

5. Who promises to pay for a hotel room for the night and then leaves Eiji with the bill?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Eiji's defense in Chapter Three of Ai Imajo, the waitress with the perfect neck at the Jupiter Cafe, affect his developing relationship with Ai?

2. Why does the structure of Chapter One switch back and forth between fantasy and reality so often, making it difficult to tell the difference between the two?

3. What factors make Eiji vulnerable to exploitation by Daimon?

4. Describe Eiji's habit of nicknaming people.

5. What rumors has Anju overheard about her mother?

6. Why do Donkey and Dowager call the waitress with the perfect neck a "hand cream model", and what does the depiction of the girl's hands in Chapter One really indicate?

7. Who does Eiji initially think "father" is in Chapter Four, and who does "father" eventually turn out to be?

8. Why does Eiji think Miriam can lead him to his father and how does he pursue his father through her?

9. How successful are Eiji's initial attempts to contact Akiko Kato?

10. How does the video game Virtua Sapiens relate to Eiji's quest for his father?

(see the answer keys)

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