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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. What is Dick's last name in the novel?

2. Whom does the writer find to act like a zombie in Chapter 37?

3. What nicknames does the writer give to the police officers who question him in Chapter 21?

4. Hiraku Makimura offers to pay the writer if he will __________ in Chapter 24.

5. In Chapter 23, the writer tells Yuki about the Sheep Man and how he sort of works as ____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the relationship between the protagonist and Dick progress in Chapter 30?

2. What is the protagonist's emotional state in Chapter 36? Why does he go to visit Yuki?

3. Describe the continued dialogue between the police and the protagonist in Chapter 21. How does the narrator feel about his treatment?

4. What conversation does the protagonist have with Yuki regarding their communication in Chapter 20?

5. Where does the protagonist encounter Bookish in Chapter 35? What does Bookish say?

6. What first encounter does the protagonist relate to Gotanda in Chapter 34?

7. Why does the protagonist agree to go on a trip with Yuki in Chapter 27? Whom does he invite to come along?

8. What does Yuki reveal after seeing the film "Unrequited Love" in Chapter 38?

9. What conversation takes place between the protagonist and Yuki's mother in Chapter 29? How does the writer feel upon leaving?

10. What does the protagonist find when he visits Yuki in Chapter 37?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the character of Ryoichi Gotanda in the narrative. What feelings does the protagonist have about his former classmate?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss objective in the reading. What does the protagonist want? How does he go about achieving his goals? How do these objectives change?

Essay Topic 3

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

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