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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following short stories by Franz Kafka does Kafka discuss with Oshima?
(a) In the Penal Colony.
(b) Metamorphosis.
(c) The Hunger Artists.
(d) Contemplation.

2. Which of the following books does Kafka read in the hotel room where he is sleeping?
(a) The Grapes of Wrath.
(b) The Bible.
(c) The Arabian Nights.
(d) The Catcher in the Rye.

3. What does Oshima warn Kafka about the woods surrounding his cabin?
(a) It gets very dark.
(b) It is very easy to get lost in them.
(c) It is full of bears.
(d) He does not warn Kafka about the woods.

4. Where is Sakura going when she boards the same bus as Kafka?
(a) She is running away from home.
(b) She is heading back to college.
(c) She is going to a job interview.
(d) She is going to visit family.

5. While sleeping at Oshima's cottage in the woods, where does Kafka sleep at night?
(a) In a sleeping bag.
(b) He is too afraid to sleep at night.
(c) Under the stars.
(d) In a bed with down comforters.

6. How old was Mrs. Saeki when she first fell in love?
(a) 46.
(b) 16.
(c) 36.
(d) 26.

7. When Kafka wakes from his blackout, what is he covered in?
(a) Tar.
(b) Blood.
(c) Feathers.
(d) Water.

8. When Doctor Nakazawa first responded to the unconscious children, what did he think happened to them?
(a) He thought they were poisoned.
(b) He thought they were feverish.
(c) He thought they were shot.
(d) He thought they were faking.

9. Who does Nakata ask for help in purchasing a train ticket?
(a) Two school children.
(b) An elderly black man.
(c) A white tabby cat.
(d) Two business women.

10. What career path made Adolf Eichmann famous?
(a) He was an anthropologist.
(b) He was a psychologist.
(c) He was a nazi.
(d) He was an architect.

11. What did the elementary school teacher claim to see in the sky right before the children passed out in the woods?
(a) An atom bomb.
(b) A ghost.
(c) A crow.
(d) An airplane.

12. After Nakata murders Johnny Walker, what changes about him?
(a) He is no longer illiterate.
(b) He is suddenly wealthy.
(c) He can no longer understand cats.
(d) He gets his memory back.

13. What is the name of the shy man who helps Nakata onto the train and gets him headed in the right direction?
(a) Togeguchi.
(b) Santo Kyoden.
(c) Keiko.
(d) Kitazawa.

14. How does Nakata react when he sees some bikers beating a man at the truck stop?
(a) He is enraged.
(b) He is amused.
(c) He is confused.
(d) He is terrified.

15. What do the two stern women accuse Oshima of being?
(a) A sexist.
(b) An ageist.
(c) A classist.
(d) A racist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nakata claim is the only joy in his life?

2. What does Johnny Walker claim to be building from the souls of dead cats?

3. What party does the political trucker align himself with?

4. What type of fish falls from the sky, exactly as prophesied?

5. Which of the following facts is NOT true about Nakata?

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