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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the city that Kafka runs away to?
(a) Miyagi.
(b) Okayama.
(c) Takamatsu.
(d) Kanagawa.

2. Which of the following characters coins the phrase "spirit projection" in regards to the trance-like children?
(a) Setsuko Okamochi.
(b) Doctor Juichi Nakazawa.
(c) Doctor Shigenori Tsukayama.
(d) Mrs. Saeki.

3. What complaint do the two stern women make about the staff at the public library?
(a) That the library staff is unintelligent.
(b) That the library staff is rude.
(c) That the library is understaffed.
(d) That the library is overstaffed.

4. What trade did Nakata learn when he was in elementary school?
(a) Woodworking.
(b) Taxidermy.
(c) Horticultury.
(d) Blacksmithing.

5. How many cats does Johnny Walker kill before Nakata intervenes?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

6. What is the name of the woods where Oshima owns a cabin?
(a) Botchan woods.
(b) Yakumo woods.
(c) Kochi woods.
(d) Soseki woods.

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

8. What is Nakata's favorite food?
(a) Sea urchin.
(b) Frog legs.
(c) Eel.
(d) Turtle.

9. How many children were found unconscious in the woods by their elementary school teacher?
(a) 32 children.
(b) 24 children.
(c) 16 children.
(d) 40 children.

10. Where did Mrs. Saeki's boyfriend attend school?
(a) In Phenom-Pen.
(b) In Hong Kong.
(c) In Tokyo.
(d) In Shanghai.

11. What is the first meal Oshima and Kafka eat together?
(a) Breakfast.
(b) Brunch.
(c) Lunch.
(d) Dinner.

12. Which of the elementary school teacher's relatives was drafted to fight in the war on the day the children collapsed in the woods?
(a) Her son.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her brother.

13. Where are women authors shelved in the public library?
(a) The library carries only female authors.
(b) Above male authors.
(c) Below male authors.
(d) Mixed in with the male authors.

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

15. On the day the children collapsed in the woods, how did the teacher describe her emotional state?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Unhinged.
(c) Euphoric.
(d) Scattered.

Short Answer Questions

1. While sleeping at Oshima's cottage in the woods, where does Kafka sleep at night?

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

3. During what year did the children pass out in the woods?

4. When Doctor Nakazawa first responded to the unconscious children, what did he think happened to them?

5. How long is the first bus ride on the day that Kafka runs away from home?

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