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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which Japanese city does Kafka live?
(a) Hiroshima.
(b) Osaka.
(c) Tokyo.
(d) Kyoto.

2. When Kafka wakes up in the middle of a blackout, where has he sleepwalked to?
(a) The edge of the ocean.
(b) The clearing in the woods.
(c) A tiny wooden cottage at the end of town.
(d) A religious shrine.

3. How does Nakata kill Johnny Walker?
(a) He stabs him.
(b) He poisons him.
(c) He drowns him.
(d) He shoots him.

4. Which of the following weather storms hits Kafka while he is wandering through the woods at Oshima's cottage?
(a) Sleet.
(b) Snow.
(c) Rain.
(d) Hail.

5. How does the police officer react when Nakata admits to Johnny Walker's murder?
(a) He arrests him immediately.
(b) He ignores Nakata completely.
(c) He does not believe him.
(d) He is confused by the admission.

6. Which of the following family members does Sakura share an apartment with?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her sister.

7. Which of the following adjectives best describes Kafka's relationship with his father?
(a) Strained.
(b) Loving.
(c) Abusive.
(d) Distant.

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

9. Which of the following is Dr. Shigenori Tsukayama's specialty?
(a) Neurology.
(b) Pediatrics.
(c) Psychiatry.
(d) Orthodontics.

10. How long does Kafka spend unattended at Oshima's cottage?
(a) Three months.
(b) Three years.
(c) Three days.
(d) Three weeks.

11. What word fills in the note that Oshima wrote in the margins of Kafka's book: "One must act responsibly for one's ________"?
(a) Family.
(b) Dreams.
(c) Imagination.
(d) Actions.

12. Which part of the paralyzed cats' bodies does Johnny Walker eat while Nakata looks on, horrified?
(a) Their eyes.
(b) Their hearts.
(c) Their brains.
(d) Their tongues.

13. Where does Oshima find Kafka a place to sleep?
(a) In the library.
(b) At a homeless shelter.
(c) At a motel.
(d) In his own home.

14. Whose photograph does Kafka take with him when he runs away from home?
(a) His own.
(b) His mother's.
(c) His father's.
(d) His sister's.

15. What is the name of the child who discovered the collection of bloody supplies the teacher had been using to clean herself up?
(a) Fugi.
(b) Yoshi.
(c) Kafka.
(d) Nakata.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the first place Kafka visits when he has successfully run away from home?

3. Where does Doctor Nakazawa practice his medicine?

4. How did the doctors transport the unconscious children away from the site where they fell?

5. In what year did the elementary school teacher admit to lying to authorities about what happened in the woods that day?

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