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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During one of her stories, Scheherazade declares that she had been what creature in a former life?
(a) A praying mantis.
(b) A lamprey eel.
(c) A snake.
(d) A koala.

2. What action had Dr. Tokai always taken when a woman had broken up with him so that she could marry her other boyfriend?
(a) He had attended her wedding.
(b) He had bought her an expensive wedding present.
(c) He had kissed her once on the forehead.
(d) He had burned her photograph in his fireplace.

3. When Kino first sees the bald man come into his establishment, he pegs him as a what?
(a) A racist.
(b) A yakuza.
(c) A businessman.
(d) A taxi driver.

4. Habara describes his frequent sexual experiences with Scheherazade as neither "businesslike" (122) nor what?
(a) Sensual.
(b) Passionate.
(c) Engaging.
(d) Routine.

5. The ceiling overhead the bald man when he sits at his favorite and only spot in Kino's establishment has what characteristics?
(a) It is yellow and glaring.
(b) It is high and sterile.
(c) It is slanted and low.
(d) It is covered in vines.

6. What is NOT listed among Dr. Tokai's favorite pleasures when it comes to spending time with women?
(a) Drinking wine with the women.
(b) Talking with the women.
(c) Having sex with the women.
(d) Having dinner with the women.

7. What does Goto tell the narrator had been the cause of Dr. Tokai's decision to live no longer?
(a) Dr. Tokai's one love had committed suicide.
(b) Dr. Tokai had forced himself to break up with his one love and had then regretted his decision.ant
(c) Dr. Tokai had wanted to keep seeing other women and had lost his one love as a result.
(d) Dr. Tokai's one love had left him for a younger man after she had taken a great deal of money from Dr. Tokai.

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

9. To thank his personal scheduler, Dr. Tokai takes what action frequently?
(a) He gives compliments.
(b) He gives gifts.
(c) He gives an annual bonus.
(d) He provides invitations to lunch.

10. What adjective is used to describe the wedding presents Dr. Tokai buys for his paramours when they get married to another man?
(a) Impulsive.
(b) Expensive.
(c) Cursory.
(d) Personalized.

11. 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) Had a vision of her former life as a different creature.
(c) Broke into someone's house.
(d) Kissed a boy.

12. Kamita gives Kino what explicit advice as Kino sets off on his long journey?
(a) He tells Kino to meet many nice friends during his travels.
(b) He tells Kino not to speak to anyone during his trip.
(c) He tells Kino not to stay in one place for too long.
(d) He tells Kino to call Kino's aunt frequently during the trip.

13. Within the narrator's present-tense description of Dr. Tokai, what is NOT a characteristic the narrator lists?
(a) Dr. Tokai is 38 years old.
(b) Dr. Tokai lives in an elegant building in Tokyo.
(c) Dr. Tokai has never been married.
(d) Dr. Tokai is 52 years old.

14. For what reason does Kino quit his job in the sporting goods industry?
(a) He wants to get out of the sporting goods business.
(b) He is in love with a colleague and does not want to be unfaithful to his wife.
(c) He discovers that his wife has been having an affair with his best friend at the company.
(d) He asks for a raise and does not get it.

15. The narrator states that Dr. Tokai had always kept his distance from women who expressed interest in what?
(a) A permanent mate.
(b) Money.
(c) Politics.
(d) The world.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dr. Tokai tells the narrator that a gentleman does not talk about the women he sleeps with nor about what other subject?

2. How many of his own former lives does Habara tell Scheherazade that he can recall?

3. The narrator of "An Independent Organ" says that he had gotten married in what phase of his life?

4. Dr. Tokai's girlfriends always display which quality?

5. The person who coordinates Dr. Tokai's personal calendar also records the patterns of what element in each girlfriend's life?

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