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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 groups of people disappeared in the woods near Oshima's cabin?
(a) Convicts.
(b) Missionaries.
(c) Children.
(d) Soldiers.

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

3. How old is Mrs. Saeki's spirit that keeps Kafka company in the deserted village?
(a) Ten years old.
(b) Five years old.
(c) Fifteen years old.
(d) Twenty years old.

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

5. What does the word "Kafka" translate to from Czech?
(a) Soul.
(b) Bird.
(c) Crow.
(d) Black.

6. Which of the following spirits frequents Kafka's bedroom while he is sleeping?
(a) A scarred infant child.
(b) A middle-aged man in a business suit.
(c) A beautiful young woman.
(d) A scruffy old man.

7. Who tells Hoshino that he is "a spirit - neither god not Buddha"?
(a) Colonel Sanders.
(b) Nataka.
(c) Kafka.
(d) Johnny Walker.

8. What is the first thing Nakata requests after waking from his nap?
(a) Clothing.
(b) More sleep.
(c) Food.
(d) Water.

9. How long have Hoshino and Nakata spent together by the time Nakato dies?
(a) Two days.
(b) Two months.
(c) Six months.
(d) Ten days.

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

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

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

13. What relationship does Kafka think he has with Mrs. Saeki?
(a) He thinks Mrs. Saeki is his mother.
(b) He thinks Mrs. Saeki is his grandmother.
(c) He thinks Mrs. Saeki is his sister.
(d) He thinks Mrs. Saeki is his aunt.

14. Which of the following images is the subject of a painting hanging in Kafka's bedroom at the library?
(a) A boy at the beach.
(b) A girl eating ice cream.
(c) Two kittens with a ball of yarn.
(d) A basket of fruit.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What weather storms into the city after Hoshino steals the entrance stone?

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

3. What is the name of Oshima's only brother?

4. From where did Hoshino steal the entrance stone?

5. How does Johnny Walker react when someone tries to kill him in the woods?

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