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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. How many men does the narrator first see when he looks out the window to where the men are digging the hole?
2. What does the shadow call the role of the Dreamreader in his discussion of the loss of mind at the end of Chapter 32?
3. At the end of the book, why does the narrator say he has to stay?
4. Where does the chubby girl say she wants to go with the narrator when the reach the subway at the end of Chapter 29?
5. What does the narrator think people want to extend to everything?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain the significance of the song "Danny Boy" for the narrator's life.
2. Explain the parallels between the video game the narrator plays at the beginning of Chapter 35 and his life.
3. How does the narrator explain his decision in Chapter 40?
4. How does the Caretaker of the Power Station feel about the musical instruments?
5. Describe the taxi that picks up the narrator and the chubby girl after the exit from the underground in Chapter 31.
6. What does the narrator tell the librarian about why he got divorced?
7. Describe how the narrator's shadow is living at the beginning of Chapter 32.
8. Explain what the Professor says is a way out of the situation the narrator finds himself in in Chapter 27 and why it would work.
9. What does the narrator do after arriving in his apartment in Chapter 31?
10. Why does the librarian wake the narrator up in the middle of the night at the beginning of Chapter 37? Explain what happens and how the librarian and narrator react.
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 video game the Tokyo narrator plays while waiting for his date with the librarian and draw parallels to his own situation. Describe the video game the Tokyo narrator plays while waiting for his date with the librarian and draw parallels to his own situation.
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