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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following characters lies about seeing Kafka in order to protect him from the searching police?
(a) Mrs. Saeki.
(b) Nakata.
(c) Hoshino.
(d) Oshima.

2. What film does Kafka watch upon arriving at the desolate village?
(a) The Sound of Music.
(b) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
(c) Mary Poppins.
(d) The Wizard of Oz.

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

4. What form does pure evil take when it tries to sneak through the entrance stone?
(a) The form of a kitten.
(b) The form of a salamander.
(c) The form of an otter.
(d) The form of a butterfly.

5. Who has arranged for Nakata to live in the free apartments provided by the government?
(a) His brothers.
(b) His parents.
(c) He arranged it himself.
(d) His sons.

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

7. How does Nakata feel after the entrance stone is flipped?
(a) Excited.
(b) Hungry.
(c) Tired.
(d) Confused.

8. What is the name of Oshima's only brother?
(a) Hada.
(b) Fada.
(c) Lada.
(d) Sada.

9. What does Mrs. Saeki ask Nakata to do with the stack of papers she has written about her life?
(a) Treasure them.
(b) Burn them.
(c) Publish them.
(d) Deliver them to her son.

10. Whose spirit does Mrs. Saeki think is living inside Kafka's body?
(a) She thinks Kafka has an empty soul.
(b) Kafka's father's.
(c) Her dead lover's.
(d) Franz Kafka's.

11. How does Hoshino carry the entrance stone back to his hotel room?
(a) In his pocket.
(b) In a wagon.
(c) In a backpack.
(d) In a taxi cab.

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

13. What does Colonel Sanders do for a living?
(a) He is a con man.
(b) He is a pimp.
(c) He is a drug dealer.
(d) He is a hit man.

14. Which character reminds Kafka that "love is accompanied by sadness"?
(a) Oshima.
(b) Hoshino.
(c) Mrs.Saeki.
(d) Nakata.

15. Which of the following phrases does Mrs. Saeki use to describe herself?
(a) A mysterious soul.
(b) A boundless body.
(c) A separated whole.
(d) An incomplete shadow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Hoshino promise to take Nakata when things blow over with the police?

2. Who do the police suspect has hired Nakata as a hit man?

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

4. What does the word "Kafka" translate to from Czech?

5. What is the one thing that Hoshino wishes he could change about himself?

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