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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. What kind of store does someone want to open in what is the Kobayashi Bookstore?
(a) Yarn.
(b) Record.
(c) Bicycle.
(d) Jewelry.

2. Where do Midori and Toru go to get warm and dry that afternoon?
(a) Her apartment.
(b) The restaurant where they met.
(c) The bar, DUG.
(d) His apartment.

3. What does Toru name his cat?
(a) Fluffy.
(b) Cottonball.
(c) Seagull.
(d) Mouse.

4. Which of these things is not something Toru finds inside his landlord's storage shed?
(a) A mailbox.
(b) A table.
(c) A guitar.
(d) A bicycle.

5. Which of these is not something Toru tells Reiko he enjoys doing?
(a) Reading.
(b) Swimming.
(c) Hiking.
(d) Playing tennis.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Naoko's uncle commit suicide?

2. What temporary job does Toru find right after he moves into his apartment?

3. What college's sweatshirt does Hatsumi put on when she and Toru return to her apartment?

4. What is the title of the novel Toru reads while Midori is sleeping?

5. What does Reiko go to pick up at Oka's?

Short Essay Questions

1. What have Midori and her sister decided to do with the bookstore?

2. What is Naoko and Reiko's first morning job?

3. What is Reiko's advice for Toru regarding Midori?

4. What was Reiko's courtship with her husband like?

5. What is Toru's explanation about the importance of the subjunctive tense?

6. Describe Naoko's sister.

7. What happens the first time Toru sees Nagasawa after the celebration dinner?

8. How does Toru's second visit to the Ami Hostel go?

9. What happens in the middle of the night the first night Toru is in the women's apartment that is unusual?

10. How does Toru get Midori's father to eat?

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