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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Both Kafuku and Misaki Watari agree that the play in which Kafuku is currently acting is decidedly what kind of play?
(a) A flop play.
(b) A funny play.
(c) A sad play.
(d) An esoteric play.

2. Tanimura describes Kitaru as looking like a "sensitive, well-brought-up city boy" (50) until he takes what action?
(a) Stabs a friend in the back.
(b) Opens his mouth.
(c) Starts to walk.
(d) Puts on unfashionable clothing.

3. Before their friendship ends, Takatsuki tells Kafuku that it is impossible to take what action?
(a) To love another as much as one loves the self.
(b) To escape the reality of human loneliness.
(c) To utter the perfect words in a time of crisis.
(d) To see into another person's heart with perfect clarity.

4. Oba tells Kafuku that Kafuku's future driver "almost never" (5) takes what action?
(a) Speeds.
(b) Apologizes.
(c) Smiles.
(d) Smokes.

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) Rounding second base.
(b) Sliding into second base.
(c) Rounding third base.
(d) Home run.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tanimura had wanted to become a new person when he took what action?

2. Oba guesses that Kafuku's future driver is about how old?

3. When Haruki Murakami uses a simile to indicate Kafuku's level of trust in Oba, what metal does he reference?

4. In college, Tanimura had worked in what type of establishment with Kitaru?

5. Tanimura's father had worked in what position during Tanimura's childhood?

(see the answer key)

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