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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 does the Professor say he did to the core consciousness of his test subjects?
2. Why does the narrator think about the job he's doing as a dream reader?
3. What do Junior and Big Boy tell the narrator to tell the System they were looking for?
4. What does the chubby girl say her grandfather claims will happen if the narrator doesn't get up at the beginning of Chapter 17?
5. How does the Professor explain the fact that the narrator was the only test subject that didn't die.
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain the narrator's reaction to the skull the Professor gives him as a gift.
2. What do you know about the Pool based on your readings in Chapter 12?
3. What does the narrator realize in Chapter 17 about Junior's reference to a "time bomb"?
4. What does Junior tell the narrator to tell the System about their visit and the wound? Why?
5. Explain what "The End of the World" is according to the Professor's explanation in Chapter 25.
6. Briefly describe the memory the narrator has while climbing the underground tower with the chubby girl.
7. What does the Librarian say she particularly remembers about her mother in Chapter 22? How does the narrator explain this memory?
8. Describe the Collection Room.
9. What is the source of the noise that dominates the first half of Chapter 23?
10. Why does the Professor say in Chapter 25 that he gave the narrator the data to shuffle with the terminal program?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe what the narrator refers to in Chapter 35 as "despair", "disillusionment" and "hell" and explain why he says he's unable to create a better life for himself.
Essay Topic 2
Write a detailed characterization of Murakami's use of literary and musical references, describing his choice of usage and explaining how these choices add to the development of the characters.
Essay Topic 3
Describe the Town and explain how Murakami's characterization of this place relates to the overall theme of the mind.
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