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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What part of Hoshino's body pains him until Nakata fixes it for him?
(a) He neck.
(b) His ankle.
(c) His spine.
(d) His knees.

3. Where was Kafka's father when he was struck by lightning?
(a) Swimming in the ocean.
(b) At the apple orchard.
(c) In the shower.
(d) At the golf course.

4. Who arranges for Nakata to stay at a posh apartment while the police are searching for him?
(a) Colonel Sanders.
(b) Johnny Walker.
(c) Mrs. Saeki.
(d) Oshima.

5. Which of the following characters accidentally admits to being from the same area where Kafka's father was murdered?
(a) Mrs. Saeki.
(b) Oshima.
(c) Nakata.
(d) Hoshino.

6. Who is the director of the films that Hoshino watches back to back?
(a) Francois Truffaut.
(b) Claude Chabrol.
(c) Alain Resnais.
(d) Jean-Luc Godard.

7. On what day do Nakata and Hoshino arrive at the library?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Wednesday.

8. How was Mrs. Saeki punished for opening the entrance stone?
(a) With the inability to love.
(b) With a song that would never leave her head.
(c) With everlasting life.
(d) With no memory of her past.

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

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

11. Which of the following items is NOT a theme in the song "Kafka on the Shore"?
(a) Fish.
(b) Knives.
(c) Cats.
(d) The Sphynx.

12. After Nakata dies, who inherits his ability to understand animals?
(a) Oshima.
(b) Hoshino.
(c) The ability is lost forever.
(d) Kafka.

13. How does Johnny Walker react when someone tries to kill him in the woods?
(a) He faints.
(b) He ignores the attack completely.
(c) He weeps.
(d) He laughs.

14. What is the only situation in which a human soul can live outside of a living body?
(a) There is no way for the soul and body to be separated.
(b) If the soul has been split.
(c) If the body is evil.
(d) If the soul is angelic.

15. How does Mrs. Saeki react when Nakata begs to speak with her about the entrance stone?
(a) She pretends not to know what Nakata is talking about.
(b) She calls the police.
(c) She closes the door for privacy.
(d) She kicks Nakata out of her office.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of people did Mrs. Saeki write a book about?

2. Who is the only other person that Kafka encounters as he is wandering through the woods?

3. What is the first thing Nakata requests after waking from his nap?

4. How does Hoshino carry the entrance stone back to his hotel room?

5. How old is Mrs. Saeki's spirit that keeps Kafka company in the deserted village?

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