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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 Mrs. Saeki's spirit?
(a) She has no name.
(b) Sakura.
(c) Ying.
(d) Keiko.

2. What does Mrs. Saeki claim defines Kafka even though he is very young?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Bravery.
(c) Charm.
(d) Integrity.

3. Who does Mrs. Saeki think is the boy from the painting in the library?
(a) Oshima.
(b) Kafka.
(c) Hoshino.
(d) Nakata.

4. Who is the only other person that Kafka encounters as he is wandering through the woods?
(a) A small, frightened girl.
(b) He does not encounter any other person.
(c) Mrs. Saeki's spirit.
(d) A Japanese soldier.

5. Who closes the entrance stone?
(a) Hoshino.
(b) Kafka.
(c) Oshima.
(d) Mrs. Saeki.

6. Which of the following is NOT something that ceases to matter in the deserted village?
(a) Hunger.
(b) Memory.
(c) Time.
(d) Love.

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

8. Whose home does the cabin in the desolate village remind Kafka of?
(a) Nakata's.
(b) Sakura's.
(c) His father's.
(d) Oshima's.

9. From where did Hoshino steal the entrance stone?
(a) From a religious shrine.
(b) From a cemetery.
(c) From a playground.
(d) From a river.

10. When Mrs. Saeki rests her hand on Nakata's chest, what rushes into him?
(a) Blood.
(b) Memories.
(c) Light.
(d) Love.

11. Who does Hoshino wait to hear from before closing the entrance stone?
(a) Kafka.
(b) Johnny Walker.
(c) Colonel Sanders.
(d) Mrs. Saeki.

12. What type of people did Mrs. Saeki write a book about?
(a) People who had unusual animals as pets.
(b) People who had been struck by lightning.
(c) People who had been abandoned as children.
(d) People who had died and come back to life.

13. When Nakata falls asleep, how long does he usually slumber?
(a) 3 hours.
(b) 6 hours.
(c) 24 hours.
(d) 12 hours.

14. Who was Mrs. Saeki trying to save when she opened the entrance stone?
(a) Her lover.
(b) Her son.
(c) Herself.
(d) Her father.

15. Where does Kafka embrace Mrs. Saeki for the first time?
(a) At the library.
(b) At the movie theater.
(c) At the beach.
(d) At the grocery store.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Nakata dies, who inherits his ability to understand animals?

2. What part of Hoshino's body pains him until Nakata fixes it for him?

3. Who has arranged for Nakata to live in the free apartments provided by the government?

4. Which of the following characters lies about seeing Kafka in order to protect him from the searching police?

5. Which of the following characters accidentally admits to being from the same area where Kafka's father was murdered?

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