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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what location does Tanimura hail?
(a) Kansai.
(b) Hanshin.
(c) Okinawa.
(d) Tokyo.

2. Dr. Tokai's girlfriends always display which quality?
(a) They are always thin.
(b) They are always models.
(c) They are always married or have steady boyfriends.
(d) They are always rich.

3. Who is the narrator of the story "Yesterday"?
(a) Kitaru.
(b) Tanimura and Kitaru.
(c) Tanimura, Kitaru, and Erika.
(d) Tanimura.

4. What type of literary device is used within Kino's wife's declaration that there had been something wrong between her and Kino from the start, "as if [they'd] done the buttons up wrong" (168)?
(a) Simile.
(b) Personification.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

5. What objects had been on Habara's bedside table upon his arrival at the house north of Tokyo?
(a) Condoms.
(b) Coins.
(c) Bottles of liquor.
(d) X-rays.

Short Answer Questions

1. What major is Kitaru's long-term girlfriend pursuing?

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

3. What precipitates the end of the friendship between Kafuku and Takatsuki?

4. Habara describes his frequent sexual experiences with Scheherazade as neither "businesslike" (122) nor what?

5. What does Oba tell Kafuku about the social habits of Kafuku's future driver?

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