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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 narrator say was his "training" for tuning in on a better life?
2. What song does the narrator listen to just before falling asleep at the waterfront?
3. What odd gift does the narrator give the librarian at the restaurant in Chapter 35?
4. What does the shadow call the process of removing the discharges of mind that rise each day?
5. What is it that causes the narrator to check each joint and muscle of his body when he wakes at the beginning of Chapter 30?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the Librarian say the accordion is "the key" in Chapter 36?
2. 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.
3. What is "the encyclopedia wand"?
4. How does the Caretaker of the Power Station feel about the musical instruments?
5. What does the narrator say he plans to do with the Librarian's mind once he has read it?
6. Why does the narrator say looking for the Librarian's mind is not like looking for raindrops?
7. What does the narrator do after arriving in his apartment in Chapter 31?
8. Explain the parallels between the video game the narrator plays at the beginning of Chapter 35 and his life.
9. What does the narrator tell the librarian about why he got divorced?
10. Explain the beasts' feeding habits as observed in Chapter 26.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Describe the Tokyo narrator's escapist tendencies, giving several concrete examples.
Essay Topic 3
Give a detailed description of the Hard-Boiled Wonderland narrator's personality and explain how he changes throughout the novel.
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