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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following organizations helps Kafka find a cheap hotel to stay in?
(a) AARP.
(b) YMCA.
(c) SIDS.
(d) ARMY.

3. When Kafka first meets Sakura, what does he wonder about her?
(a) If she is his mother.
(b) If she is his sister.
(c) If she is his girlfriend.
(d) If she is his aunt.

4. When the teacher was beating a child in the woods, what emotion does she claim overtook her?
(a) Panic.
(b) Anger.
(c) Euphoria.
(d) Confusion.

5. Where does Johnny Walker keep the severed heads of the cats he has sacrificed?
(a) On his bookshelf.
(b) Under his bed.
(c) In a display case.
(d) In the freezer.

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

7. How old was Sakura when she ran away from home?
(a) Seventeen.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Eleven.
(d) Thirteen.

8. Which of the following characters suggests that Nakata finds the other half of his soul?
(a) Sada.
(b) Otsuka.
(c) Goma.
(d) Mimi.

9. What does Sakura do for a living?
(a) She is an elementary school teacher.
(b) She is a librarian.
(c) She is a model.
(d) She is a hairdresser.

10. Which of the following adjectives best describes Hoshino's speech?
(a) Nonstop.
(b) Impaired.
(c) Vulgar.
(d) Silent.

11. How does Kafka repay Sakura for letting him sleep on her couch?
(a) He leaves a twenty dollar bill on the counter.
(b) He buys her a bouquet of flowers.
(c) He has the oil changed in her car.
(d) He cleans her apartment.

12. What does Nakata claim is the only joy in his life?
(a) The company of cats.
(b) The love of the church.
(c) The thrill of a mystery.
(d) The comfort of a good book.

13. 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 religious shrine.
(d) A tiny wooden cottage at the end of town.

14. Which of the following statements best describes Kafka's physicality?
(a) He looks exactly like his father.
(b) He looks exactly like his mother.
(c) He looks younger than his age.
(d) He looks older than his age.

15. 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) An airplane.
(c) A ghost.
(d) A crow.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many cats does Johnny Walker kill before Nakata intervenes?

2. What do the two stern women accuse Oshima of being?

3. Who wrote the song "Kafka on the Shore"?

4. Which of the following facts is NOT true about Oshima's cabin in the woods?

5. Which of the following characters claims to have been born with both female and male genitalia?

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