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Study Guide

A Wild Sheep Chase | Quiz

Haruki Murakami
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A Wild Sheep Chase | Quiz

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1)

What does the Rat send to the Main Character along with his first letter? (from Part 5, Chapter 13-14: The Rat's First Letter and The Rat's Second Letter and Part 5, Chapter 15-16: The Song is Over and She Drinks Her Salty Dog, Talking about the Sound of the Waves)

A lighter.
An addressed and stamped envelope.
An advertisement and a stamp.
A novel.
2)

What does the Main Character discover at the unlucky bend in the road? (from Part 8, Chapter 41-43: Green Cords and Red Cords; Frozen Seagulls, Return Visit to the Unlucky Bend, The Twelve O'clock Rendezvous)

The road is now paved.
A brand new jeep.
An old red truck.
The road is impassable.
3)

What losses do the Strange Man and the Main Character discuss in Chapter 17? (from Part 6, Chapter 17: The Strange Man's Strange Tale and Part 6, Chapter 18: The Strange Man's Tale Goes On)

Business losses due to pulling the sheep bulletin.
Losses of loved ones.
The Boss's losses due to his health problem.
The implied loss of the Main Character's life.
4)

What does the bar owner give the Main Character? (from Part 5, Chapter 13-14: The Rat's First Letter and The Rat's Second Letter and Part 5, Chapter 15-16: The Song is Over and She Drinks Her Salty Dog, Talking about the Sound of the Waves)

A book.
A newspaper.
A list of addresses.
Letters.
5)

What does the Strange Man believe is really the Boss's problem? (from Part 6, Chapter 17: The Strange Man's Strange Tale and Part 6, Chapter 18: The Strange Man's Tale Goes On)

The Japanese government has taken over his body.
The US military has taken over his body.
A sheep has taken over his body.
The Rat has taken over his body.
6)

How does the Strange Man respond to the Main Character's attempts at small talk during their phone call in Chapter 22? (from Part 6, Chapter 22-23: Sunday Afternoon Picnic and Limited but Tenacious Thinking)

With silence.
He urges him to get to the point.
He is uncharacteristically friendly.
He tells him to stop wasting his time.
7)

What does the Main Character do just before leaving the villa for the last time? (from Part 8, Chapter 41-43: Green Cords and Red Cords; Frozen Seagulls, Return Visit to the Unlucky Bend, The Twelve O'clock Rendezvous)

Writes a letter to the Girlfriend.
Takes some books from the shelves.
Collects sheep wool.
Connects the grandfather clock.
8)

How does the Person that the Main Character first informs of the Sheep's death in the Epilogue respond? (from Part 8, Epilogue)

With joy and relief.
With a gift and a kiss.
With thanks and tears.
The person is unresponsive.
9)

Who tells the Main Character that there are only 5,000 sheep in Japan? (from Part 6, Chapter 19-21: The Limo and Its Driver, Again, Summer's End, Autumn's Beginning, and One in Five Thousand)

The Boss.
The Strange Man.
The Limo Driver.
The Girlfriend.
10)

What does the Strange Man want the Main Character to tell him in Chapter 17? (from Part 6, Chapter 17: The Strange Man's Strange Tale and Part 6, Chapter 18: The Strange Man's Tale Goes On)

How he met the Rat.
The Rat's location.
Where he obtained the sheep photo.
How he met the Girlfriend.
11)

What does the Sheep Professor tell Main Character and the Girlfriend that the sheep plans to do? (from Part 7, Chapter 27: The Sheep Professor Eats All, Tells All and Part 7, Chapter 28: Farewell to the Dolphin Hotel)

Kill the Boss and take over Japan.
Unite the sheep of the world.
Turn the running of the world over to the animals.
Transform humanity.
12)

From where does the Main Character phone his business partner in Chapter 23? (from Part 6, Chapter 22-23: Sunday Afternoon Picnic and Limited but Tenacious Thinking)

A nearby bar.
A grungy public phone.
His apartment.
The office.
13)

What symptoms does the Boss exhibit of the brain cyst and the required medications? (from Part 6, Chapter 17: The Strange Man's Strange Tale and Part 6, Chapter 18: The Strange Man's Tale Goes On)

Nausea and a rash.
Headaches and hallucinations.
Dizziness and Depression.
Fatigue and difficulty breathing.
14)

What fantasy does the man have as he is cooking dinner in Chapter 35? (from Part 8, Chapter 33-35: She Leaves the Mountain; Hunger Strikes, A Find in the Garage; Thoughts in the Middle of the Pasture, and The Sheep Man Cometh)

He imagines owning a restaurant.
He imagines cooking dinner for the Rat.
He imagines marrying the Girlfriend.
He imagines getting on a train.
15)

Where does the bar owner suggest that the Main Character stay while he is in town? (from Part 5, Chapter 13-14: The Rat's First Letter and The Rat's Second Letter and Part 5, Chapter 15-16: The Song is Over and She Drinks Her Salty Dog, Talking about the Sound of the Waves)

With the Rat's friend.
With the bar owner.
With the Rat's family.
With the Main Character's family.
16)

What was the Dolphin Hotel before it was a hotel? (from Part 7, Chapter 25-26: Transit Completed at Movie Theater; On to the Dolphin Hotel and Enter the Sheep Professor)

Ovine Hall.
A public clinic.
A public library.
A brothel.
17)

Where does the visitor to the villa tell the Main Character that the Rat is located? (from Part 8, Chapter 33-35: She Leaves the Mountain; Hunger Strikes, A Find in the Garage; Thoughts in the Middle of the Pasture, and The Sheep Man Cometh)

He says he does not know.
In the garage.
At the Dolphin Hotel.
He says the Rat is dead.
18)

What do the Main Character and the Girlfriend eat after arriving at the station in Chapter 24? (from Part 6, Chapter 24: One for the Kipper)

They do not eat. They drink beer.
A snack of peanuts and pretzels.
Lunch.
Breakfast.
19)

Who is buried in the garage? (from Part 8, Chapter 38-40: And So Time Passes, Dwellers in the Darkness, and The Rat who Wound the Clock)

The Sheep.
The Rat.
The Girlfriend.
The Sheep Man.
20)

Whom does the Main Character first inform of the Sheep's death in the Epilogue? (from Part 8, Epilogue)

The owner of the Dolphin Hotel.
The Sheep Professor.
The caretaker.
J.
21)

Why does the Strange Man Call the Main Character after his return from the Boss's home? (from Part 6, Chapter 19-21: The Limo and Its Driver, Again, Summer's End, Autumn's Beginning, and One in Five Thousand)

Because the Boss has disappeared.
Because the Boss has died.
Because the Boss has recovered.
Because the Boss is getting worse.
22)

On what basis do the Girlfriend and the Main Character select a hotel to stay in? (from Part 7, Chapter 25-26: Transit Completed at Movie Theater; On to the Dolphin Hotel and Enter the Sheep Professor)

Its name.
A recommendation from a local.
Its proximity to their location.
The ad in the phone book.
23)

What does the Main Character buy after speaking with the Strange Man in Chapter 22? (from Part 6, Chapter 22-23: Sunday Afternoon Picnic and Limited but Tenacious Thinking)

Medication.
Warm clothes.
Tickets.
Batteries and a flashlight.
24)

Who is the Sheep Professor? (from Part 7, Chapter 25-26: Transit Completed at Movie Theater; On to the Dolphin Hotel and Enter the Sheep Professor)

A retired professor who live above the bookstore.
The father of the owner of the Ovine Theater.
The father of the owner of the Dolphin Hotel.
A retired professor who owns the bookstore.
25)

What does the Rat include in his second letter to the Main Character? (from Part 5, Chapter 13-14: The Rat's First Letter and The Rat's Second Letter and Part 5, Chapter 15-16: The Song is Over and She Drinks Her Salty Dog, Talking about the Sound of the Waves)

A picture and a check.
A bulletin.
A postcard.
An obituary and cash.
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