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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. Which of the following characters lies about seeing Kafka in order to protect him from the searching police?
(a) Oshima.
(b) Nakata.
(c) Mrs. Saeki.
(d) Hoshino.

2. Where was Kafka's father when he was struck by lightning?
(a) At the golf course.
(b) Swimming in the ocean.
(c) In the shower.
(d) At the apple orchard.

3. When Mrs. Saeki rests her hand on Nakata's chest, what rushes into him?
(a) Light.
(b) Love.
(c) Blood.
(d) Memories.

4. What dream does Kafka have about Sakura when he is lost in the woods?
(a) That he kills her.
(b) That he saves her life.
(c) That he attacks her.
(d) That he marries her.

5. Which of the following images is the subject of a painting hanging in Kafka's bedroom at the library?
(a) A girl eating ice cream.
(b) Two kittens with a ball of yarn.
(c) A basket of fruit.
(d) A boy at the beach.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Mrs. Saeki when she opened the entrance stone for the first time?

2. What is the only situation in which a human soul can live outside of a living body?

3. What does Mrs. Saeki claim defines Kafka even though he is very young?

4. What does Mrs. Saeki ask Nakata to do with the stack of papers she has written about her life?

5. How does Johnny Walker react when someone tries to kill him in the woods?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Colonel Sanders bring Hoshino to the religious shrine?

2. What is the origin of Kafka's name?

3. What book did Mrs.Saeki write after collecting interviews?

4. How does Mrs. Saeki react when Kafka confronts her about the possibility that she is his mother?

5. What happens when Crow encounters Johnny Walker in the enchanted woods?

6. How does Kafka react to the desolate village that the Japanese soldiers guide him to?

7. While wandering through the woods, what disturbing dream does Kafka have about Sakura?

8. How does Mrs. Saeki respond when Nakata bursts into her office demanding to talk about the entrance stone?

9. What arrangements does Colonel Sanders make for Nakata and Hoshino while the police are on their manhunt?

10. What happens to Nakata when Mrs. Saeki rests her hands against his chest?

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