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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kafuku believes that the majority of female drivers fall into which two categories?
(a) Distracted or intensely focused.
(b) Too slow or too fast.
(c) Courteous or rude.
(d) Too aggressive or too timid.

2. What is the name of Kitaru's long-time girlfriend?
(a) Jill.
(b) Rachel.
(c) Erika.
(d) Barbara.

3. 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 very attractive about her.
(c) That there is something very sensual about her.
(d) That there is something truly maddening about her.

4. When Tanimura goes away to college, he remarks that everything in his life until then has been what?
(a) Embarrassing.
(b) Inane.
(c) Boring.
(d) Depressing.

5. In college, Tanimura had worked in what type of establishment with Kitaru?
(a) A bar.
(b) A bookstore.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) A coffee shop.

6. 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?
(a) The Catcher in the Rye.
(b) Franny and Zooey.
(c) War and Peace.
(d) Lord of the Flies.

7. For what reason does Tanimura dislike baths?
(a) He has a phobia about germs.
(b) He is scared of water.
(c) He gets bored.
(d) He does not like to get wrinkled skin.

8. The narrator states that the conversations between Kafuku and Takatsuki always come back to what topic?
(a) Love.
(b) Takatsuki.
(c) Kafuku's late wife.
(d) Politics.

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

10. What does Oba tell Kafuku about the social habits of Kafuku's future driver?
(a) He says that she has many friends.
(b) He says that she has a husband.
(c) He says that she rarely talks.
(d) He says that she talks endlessly.

11. Kitaru remarks that his parents are constantly nagging him about what element of his behavior?
(a) He has not asked his long-time girlfriend to marry him.
(b) He rarely calls home.
(c) He does not study enough.
(d) He has not declared a major.

12. Oba tells Kafuku that his car, like all cars from what country, is "built to last" (7)?
(a) Germany.
(b) Italy.
(c) Sweden.
(d) Denmark.

13. 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) Mick Jagger.
(d) John Lennon.

14. Takatsuki tells Kafuku that all men are living with "a blind spot" (34) in relation to what topic?
(a) Sibling rivalry.
(b) Friendships.
(c) Self-care.
(d) Women.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Tanimura accuses Kitaru of taking what action in relation to the song Yesterday?

2. On their date together, Tanimura and Kitaru's long-time girlfriend go to what location?

3. Tanimura describes Kitaru as looking like a "sensitive, well-brought-up city boy" (50) until he takes what action?

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

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

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