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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following short stories by Franz Kafka does Kafka discuss with Oshima?
(a) Contemplation.
(b) Metamorphosis.
(c) The Hunger Artists.
(d) In the Penal Colony.

2. Who does Nakata remind Hoshino of?
(a) His father.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His brother.
(d) His grandfather.

3. Which of the following activities is NOT a part of Kafka's daily routine?
(a) Working out at the gym.
(b) Eating breakfast.
(c) Visiting the library.
(d) Swimming in the ocean.

4. Where are women authors shelved in the public library?
(a) The library carries only female authors.
(b) Mixed in with the male authors.
(c) Below male authors.
(d) Above male authors.

5. What is the name of the child who discovered the collection of bloody supplies the teacher had been using to clean herself up?
(a) Nakata.
(b) Fugi.
(c) Kafka.
(d) Yoshi.

6. Which of the following characters coins the phrase "spirit projection" in regards to the trance-like children?
(a) Setsuko Okamochi.
(b) Doctor Shigenori Tsukayama.
(c) Mrs. Saeki.
(d) Doctor Juichi Nakazawa.

7. In what year did the elementary school teacher admit to lying to authorities about what happened in the woods that day?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1972.

8. When Kafka first meets Sakura, what does he wonder about her?
(a) If she is his girlfriend.
(b) If she is his aunt.
(c) If she is his sister.
(d) If she is his mother.

9. What is the name of the city that Kafka runs away to?
(a) Takamatsu.
(b) Okayama.
(c) Kanagawa.
(d) Miyagi.

10. Even though he is mentally challenged, what is Nakata extremely adept at finding?
(a) His way home.
(b) Lost keys.
(c) Runaways.
(d) Hidden treasure.

11. Whose photograph does Kafka take with him when he runs away from home?
(a) His father's.
(b) His sister's.
(c) His mother's.
(d) His own.

12. How did the doctors transport the unconscious children away from the site where they fell?
(a) On bikes.
(b) On the back of a pickup.
(c) On stretchers.
(d) By helicopter.

13. Which of the following statements best describes Kafka's physicality?
(a) He looks younger than his age.
(b) He looks older than his age.
(c) He looks exactly like his father.
(d) He looks exactly like his mother.

14. What request does Johnny Walker make of Nakata?
(a) He asks Nakata to turn him in to the police.
(b) He asks Nakata to kill him.
(c) He asks Nakata to pray for him.
(d) He asks Nakata to catch cats for him.

15. While sleeping at Oshima's cottage in the woods, where does Kafka sleep at night?
(a) He is too afraid to sleep at night.
(b) Under the stars.
(c) In a sleeping bag.
(d) In a bed with down comforters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What trade did Nakata learn when he was in elementary school?

2. What does Nakata claim is the only joy in his life?

3. When Kafka wakes up in the middle of a blackout, where has he sleepwalked to?

4. When the teacher was beating a child in the woods, what emotion does she claim overtook her?

5. What did Mrs. Saeki's boyfriend's family sell for a living?

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