1. What had been Kafuku's original intentions when he had first contacted Takatsuki?
(a) He had wanted to kill Takatsuki.
(b) He had wanted to invite Takatsuki to a dinner party.
(c) He had wanted to discover some fatal flaw with which to torture Takatsuki.
(d) He had wanted to serve Takatsuki with a subpoena.

2. For how many years had Kino worked as a sports equipment maker before buying the establishment at the center of the story?
(a) 17.
(b) 20.
(c) 10.
(d) 4.

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

4. Who coordinates Dr. Tokai's personal calendar?
(a) Dr. Tokai's male secretary.
(b) The unnamed narrator of the story.
(c) Dr. Tokai's mother.
(d) Dr. Tokai's female secretary.

5. Within one of Scheherazade's stories, she confides in Habara that she had been a high school junior when she first took what action?
(a) Took an illegal drug.
(b) Broke into someone's house.
(c) Had a vision of her former life as a different creature.
(d) Kissed a boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What verb is used to describe the way in which Habara had come to the "provincial city north of Tokyo" (121) four months before the story's beginning?

2. What does Kafuku tell Misaki Watari is "a killer" (36)?

3. For how long did the narrator of "Men Without Women" have a relationship with the woman he thinks of as his one true love?

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

5. For how long had Kitaru been dating his long-time girlfriend before Tanimura had accompanied the couple on a date?

(see the answer key)

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