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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Drive My Car".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After a period of friendship with Takatsuki, Kafuku comes to the conclusion that Takatsuki had felt what emotion toward Kafuku's late wife?
(a) Mild affection.
(b) Puppy love.
(c) Real love.
(d) Sexual attraction.

2. What precipitates the end of the friendship between Kafuku and Takatsuki?
(a) Takatusuki moves to a different country.
(b) Kafuku cuts off all contact with Takatsuki.
(c) Kafuku moves to a different country.
(d) Takatsuki cuts off all contact with Kafuku.

3. 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 sad play.
(c) A funny play.
(d) An esoteric play.

4. Kafuki tells Watari that he likes what objects because they are "easier than CDs" (9)?
(a) Records.
(b) Reel-to-Reels.
(c) Eight Tracks.
(d) Cassettes.

5. What does Kafuku tell Misaki Watari is "a killer" (36)?
(a) The love of a woman.
(b) Loneliness.
(c) Dishonesty.
(d) Tobacco.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Kafuku's marital state been at the time he bought his new convertible car?

2. In what kind of establishment do Kafuku and Takatsuki always meet?

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

4. What make is Kafuku's car?

5. What had been Kafuku's original intentions when he had first contacted Takatsuki?

(see the answer key)

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