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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following statements does not describe Mr. Aoyama?
2. Which of the following people is not involved in the yakuza war?
3. With whom does Daimon seem to have tension at the Queen of Spades?
4. Who is Wheatie?
5. What does Anju learn about her mother when she accidentally overhears some local women talking in Mrs. Tanaka's store?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who kidnaps Eiji in Chapter Four and why is Eiji kidnapped?
2. Describe Eiji's habit of nicknaming people.
3. What does Eiji's helping Daimon after the yakuza injure Daimon indicate about Eiji's character?
4. What happens to Mr. Aoyama in Chapter Two?
5. 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?
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. Describe Eiji's coworkers at Ueno Station and his relationships with them.
8. How does Morino trick Eiji with his father's photo in Chapter Four?
9. What rumors has Anju overheard about her mother?
10. Why does Eiji think Miriam can lead him to his father and how does he pursue his father through her?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Number Nine Dream contains a number of instances of foreshadowing. Cite at least three examples of foreshadowing in the novel and explain how it is used to indicate events to come.
Essay Topic 2
Family is an important concept in Number Nine Dream. Compare and contrast Eiji's relationships with his real family members with his relationships with his Tokyo friends who become a substitute family to him. What do you think the author is saying through Eiji's relationships about family?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the treatment of women in Number Nine dream.
Part I: Which women are treated well by men and which women are treated poorly by men in the novel? How do you explain any differences in the way women are treated?
Part II: Does the treatment of women in the novel reflect the role of women in Japanese society? In what ways?
Part III: What might Ai's defiance of her father to attend school in Paris symbolize about the changing role of women in Japanese society?
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