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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 librarian notice about the narrator's statements during dinner?

2. Where does the chubby girl say she wants to go with the narrator when the reach the subway at the end of Chapter 29?

3. What does the Caretaker provide as part of lunch?

4. What are all the songs on the radio related to the morning the narrator spends at the librarian's house?

5. What does the narrator's shadow suggest the two do so they don't get separated?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator explain his decision in Chapter 40?

2. How does the narrator react to the musical instruments in Chapter 28?

3. How does the narrator whistling "I Go to Pieces" in Chapter 29 relate to the overall storyline?

4. What does the narrator do after arriving in his apartment in Chapter 31?

5. What does the narrator tell the librarian about why he got divorced?

6. Explain the beasts' feeding habits as observed in Chapter 26.

7. Describe the taxi that picks up the narrator and the chubby girl after the exit from the underground in Chapter 31.

8. Explain the significance of the song "Danny Boy" for the narrator's life.

9. Explain the parallels between the video game the narrator plays at the beginning of Chapter 35 and his life.

10. What does the narrator say he plans to do with the Librarian's mind once he has read it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain some of the main characteristics of existentialist literature and describe how Murakami's novel is similar.

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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