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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator go to find the news article about the selling of the hotel in Chapter 7?

2. What is the name of Yuki's father in the novel?

3. What season was it when the writer returned to society after his reclusive bout described in Chapter 2?

4. At what time does the writer go to dinner in Chapter 13?

5. After dinner Yuki insists that the writer take a drive so that they can do what in Chapter 19?

Short Essay Questions

1. What movie release does the protagonist read about in Chapter 8? What are his feelings about the film?

2. What fantasy consumes the protagonist in Chapter 9?

3. On what assignment does the protagonist go in Chapter 2? How does he describe his job?

4. How does the narrator pass his day in Chapter 7? What are his emotions like?

5. How does Yuki describe her relationship with her parents in Chapter 16?

6. What events take place when the protagonist awakens in Chapter 14?

7. Where does the protagonist tell his business associates he must go in Chapter 3? Why?

8. Where does the protagonist decide to go after his assignment ends in Chapter 4? What does he find upon arrival?

9. What stranger does the writer feel a strange connection with in Chapter 6?

10. What led to a previous depression of the protagonist's, as described in Chapter 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of abandonment in the novel. How does this theme apply to both the narrator and to Yuki?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the biography and works of author Haruki Murakami. What are common themes and stylistic elements in the author's works?

Essay Topic 3

Define and identify the setting of the novel and the novel's protagonist. In what country and time period is the novel set?

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