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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To where do the contents of the file folder lead Eiji?
(a) To the Queen of Spades.
(b) To his stepmother's office.
(c) To his father's home.
(d) To a pachinko parlor where Morino is waiting for him.

2. What is the name of the building in which Akiko Kato works?
(a) The International Trading Building.
(b) The PanOpticon Building.
(c) The Japanese Stock Exchange.
(d) The Tokyo Hilton.

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

4. What role does Daimon play in Eiji's finding of his lost article at the video arcade?
(a) Daimon has a dog that finds it by smell.
(b) Daimon is wearing it.
(c) Daimon searches with him for the lost article.
(d) Daimon directs him to the lost and found, and it's there.

5. What is the Queen of Spades?
(a) An exclusive club to where Eiji and Daimon take their dates.
(b) A boat Eiji wants to buy.
(c) A movie Eiji goes to see with Daimon.
(d) A gambling casino.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eiji wear on his head in Chapter One?

2. Who does Eiji fantasize knocking out with the item in his toolbox?

3. In what city does the book open?

4. To whom does Eiji think the messages about "Father" refer?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Eiji escape death at the end of Chapter Four?

4. What factors make Eiji feel out of place in Tokyo?

5. What information does Eiji have about his father as he begins his quest?

6. Describe the strange messages Eiji receives while using the ATM.

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

8. What does Eiji's helping Daimon after the yakuza injure Daimon indicate about Eiji's character?

9. What is the yakuza and how is Daimon tied to the organization?

10. What does the letter Eiji receives from his mother in Chapter Two reveal, and how does it make him feel about contacting his mother again?

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