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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In response to Tanimura's comment about Kitaru's feelings about the song Yesterday, Kitaru tells Tanimura to remember that which person had "loved nonsense and word games" (47)?
(a) Keith Richards.
(b) Sid Vicious.
(c) John Lennon.
(d) Mick Jagger.

2. The title of the story "Yesterday" is an allusion to a song by what band?
(a) The Misfits.
(b) The Beatles.
(c) The Hives.
(d) The Rolling Stones.

3. In what kind of establishment do Kafuku and Takatsuki always meet?
(a) A restaurant.
(b) A bar.
(c) Kafuku's office.
(d) A library.

4. For what period of time does the friendship between Kafuku and Takatsuki last?
(a) 9 months.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 6 months.

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

6. What does Kafuku tell Misaki Watari after stating that he has wanted to tell her for a while?
(a) That there is something very off-putting about her.
(b) That there is something truly maddening about her.
(c) That there is something very sensual about her.
(d) That there is something very attractive about her.

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

8. Kafuku comes away from his meeting with Oba with the impression that his new driver will be all but which of the following things?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Not at all cute.
(c) Brusque.
(d) Close-mouthed.

9. When Kitaru describes feelings as if he is splitting himself in two, he names what two emotions?
(a) Sadness and excitement.
(b) Elation and apprehension.
(c) Worry and relief.
(d) Curiosity and depression.

10. For what reason does Kitaru learn the Kansai dialect?
(a) Because he had wanted to converse with other fans of the Hanshin Tigers.
(b) Because he had been in love with a girl from Kansai.
(c) Because he had wanted to attend college in Kansai.
(d) Because he hails from Kansai.

11. Kafuku thinks upon meeting his new driver that there is something what "about her face" (7)?
(a) Sensual.
(b) Smoldering.
(c) Endearing.
(d) Off-putting.

12. What had Kafuku's marital state been at the time he bought his new convertible car?
(a) His wife had still been alive.
(b) His wife had recently died.
(c) He had recently been divorced from his wife.
(d) He had recently been married to his wife.

13. For how long had Kitaru been dating his long-time girlfriend before Tanimura had accompanied the couple on a date?
(a) Since preschool.
(b) Since high school.
(c) Since elementary school.
(d) Since junior high school.

14. 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 see into another person's heart with perfect clarity.
(c) To utter the perfect words in a time of crisis.
(d) To escape the reality of human loneliness.

15. For what reason has Kitaru not had sex with his long-time girlfriend by the time Tanimura accompanies the couple on a date?
(a) Kitaru struggles with erectile dysfunction.
(b) Kitaru's long-time girlfriend is committed to waiting until marriage.
(c) Kitaru's religious faith requires his chastity until marriage.
(d) Kitaru sees his long-time girlfriend as more of a sister than as a girlfriend.

Short Answer Questions

1. When it is revealed that Kafuku's new driver's surname is Watari, what is given as her first name?

2. How often does Kafuku draw "distinctions between men and women in his daily life" (4)?

3. What activity does Kafuku love to do, "regardless of the season" (6)?

4. What action does Misaki Watari take that makes Kafuku think that the action must be one that everyone in Junitakicho undertakes?

5. When making a point about the obscurity of the Kansai dialect, Kitaru's long-time girlfriend declares that no one has ever translated which book into the Kansai dialect?

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