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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Scheherazade and Kino".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Once the bald man starts coming regularly to Kino's establishment, how often does he come?
(a) Once, or at most, twice per week.
(b) Twice, or at most three, times per week.
(c) Twice, or at most, three times a month.
(d) Once, or at most, twice per month.

2. To thank his personal scheduler, Dr. Tokai takes what action frequently?
(a) He gives compliments.
(b) He gives gifts.
(c) He gives an annual bonus.
(d) He provides invitations to lunch.

3. Kino describes his bar as "a place where his heart could be" (153) what?
(a) Set free.
(b) Tethered.
(c) Healed.
(d) Happy.

4. Within the narrator's present-tense description of Dr. Tokai, what is NOT a characteristic the narrator lists?
(a) Dr. Tokai lives in an elegant building in Tokyo.
(b) Dr. Tokai is 38 years old.
(c) Dr. Tokai has never been married.
(d) Dr. Tokai is 52 years old.

5. What baseball reference does Tanimura use to indicate how far he had gone sexually with his girlfriend before going to college and breaking up with her?
(a) Sliding into second base.
(b) Home run.
(c) Rounding second base.
(d) Rounding third base.

Short Answer Questions

1. What other fact is included alongside the narrator's statement that Kitaru had failed his college entrance exams twice?

2. What is the name of Kitaru's long-time girlfriend?

3. To Habara's amazement, Scheherazade tells him that she can recall what phase of her life?

4. The first line of the story Scheherazade uses what two adjectives to describe the stories Habara's "support liaison" (121) tells him?

5. For what reason does Kitaru's long-time girlfriend agree to a date with Tanimura?

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