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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Dr. Tokai finally falls in love, it is with a woman of what age?
(a) His age.
(b) 16 years his junior.
(c) 3 years his junior.
(d) 16 years his senior.

2. The person who coordinates Dr. Tokai's personal calendar also records the patterns of what element in each girlfriend's life?
(a) Her husband's birthdays.
(b) Her menstrual cycle.
(c) Her ovulation cycle.
(d) A list of her current favorite flowers and jewels.

3. What method does Dr. Tokai use in order to try to keep himself from falling in love with the married woman?
(a) He mentally lists her negative qualities.
(b) He says mean things to her.
(c) He imagines that she is ugly.
(d) He imagines her making love to another man.

4. At what point in her life does Scheherazade say she had realized her former status as a particular creature?
(a) During elementary school.
(b) During junior high school.
(c) During college.
(d) During high school.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. During one of her stories, Scheherazade declares that she had been what creature in a former life?

3. In college, Kino had been a "standout" (148) in what sport?

4. The narrator of "An Independent Organ" states that most of the story's contents come from what source?

5. When Kino and his ex-wife meet once their divorce is finalized, what does Kino's wife say she has been wanting to tell Kino?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the relationship between Kino and his aunt.

2. How is the theme of secrecy depicted within the story entitled "An Independent Organ"?

3. How is vivid imagery employed within Scheherazade's depiction of her former life as a lamprey eel?

4. Name the mysterious elements present within the story "Scheherazade" that are not resolved by the end of the story.

5. The narrator states that "affable" (83) people almost always have what other qualities?

6. How does Kino come to own a bar and what had he done for work prior to the purchase?

7. Discuss the significance of Murakami's use of a simile to describe the moment when Dr. Tokai falls in love.

8. How does the theme of appearance versus reality emerge within the stories that Scheherazade tells to Habara?

9. To what work is the title of the story "Scheherazade" referring and what is the significance of the title?

10. What are Kino's feelings toward his ex-wife and her lover, who had also been Kino's colleague?

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