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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What classical musician is the topic of conversation at the coffee shop that Hoshino frequents?
(a) Beethoven.
(b) Bach.
(c) Mozart.
(d) Chopin.

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

3. What does Kafka feel connected to in nature as he is wandering through the woods?
(a) The scents.
(b) The songs.
(c) The rhythm.
(d) The cadence.

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

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

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

7. What does Kafka bring with him into the woods in case he should decide to kill himself?
(a) A handful of arsenic.
(b) A noose.
(c) A knife.
(d) A gun.

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

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

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

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

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

13. What is the one thing that Hoshino wishes he could change about himself?
(a) He wishes he was stronger.
(b) He wishes he was smarter.
(c) He wishes he was better looking.
(d) He wishes he was thinner.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Mrs. Saeki when she opened the entrance stone for the first time?

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

3. What is pachinko?

4. Who does the spirit really belong to that visits Kafka?

5. How does Mrs. Saeki react when Nakata begs to speak with her about the entrance stone?

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