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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 38-42.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the elementary school teacher bring the children into the woods to pick on the day they passed out?
(a) Apples.
(b) Berries.
(c) Almonds.
(d) Mushrooms.

2. What does Johnny Walker promise to give to Nakata in exchange for his help?
(a) A bag of gold coins.
(b) Eternal life.
(c) Goma.
(d) His memory back.

3. Who do the police suspect has hired Nakata as a hit man?
(a) Johnny Walker.
(b) Oshima.
(c) Mrs. Saeki.
(d) Kafka.

4. What is the only situation in which a human soul can live outside of a living body?
(a) If the soul is angelic.
(b) If the body is evil.
(c) There is no way for the soul and body to be separated.
(d) If the soul has been split.

5. Which of the following Greek mythologies is a parallel to Kafka's life?
(a) Pan.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Oedipus.
(d) Hercules.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Mrs. Saeki when she first fell in love?

2. How does Mrs. Saeki react when Nakata begs to speak with her about the entrance stone?

3. What is the name of the woods where Oshima owns a cabin?

4. Which of the elementary school teacher's relatives was drafted to fight in the war on the day the children collapsed in the woods?

5. Which of Nakata's relatives lost all of his money to loan sharks, leaving Nakata destitute?

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