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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What beverage does Kafka bring to Mrs. Saeki every day at the same time?
(a) Sake.
(b) Wine.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Tea.

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

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

4. What is pachinko?
(a) A child's toy.
(b) A gambling game.
(c) Footwear.
(d) A type of sticky rice.

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

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

7. How old was Mrs. Saeki when she opened the entrance stone for the first time?
(a) 30.
(b) 20.
(c) 40.
(d) 10.

8. Which of the following is NOT something Hoshino does to pass the time while Nakata sleeps?
(a) Eating food.
(b) Gambling.
(c) Reading a book.
(d) Drinking alcohol.

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

10. Where does Oshima find a copy of Mrs. Saeki's hit song on vinyl?
(a) On the Internet.
(b) In a garbage dump.
(c) In the library's collection.
(d) In his mother's collection.

11. What color is the entrance stone?
(a) White.
(b) Green.
(c) Black.
(d) Blue.

12. What dream does Kafka have about Sakura when he is lost in the woods?
(a) That he kills her.
(b) That he saves her life.
(c) That he marries her.
(d) That he attacks her.

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

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

15. Where does Hoshino promise to take Nakata when things blow over with the police?
(a) To an aviary.
(b) To the zoo.
(c) To a botanical garden.
(d) To an aquarium.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is asked to kill evil before it can escape through the entrance stone?

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

4. Who does Mrs. Saeki think is the boy from the painting in the library?

5. Who tells Hoshino that he is "a spirit - neither god not Buddha"?

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