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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Hoshino wait to hear from before closing the entrance stone?
(a) Johnny Walker.
(b) Mrs. Saeki.
(c) Kafka.
(d) Colonel Sanders.

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

3. What type of store does Oshima's brother own?
(a) A pet shop.
(b) A tuxedo shop.
(c) A surf shop.
(d) A cake shop.

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

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

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

7. 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.

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

9. From where did Hoshino steal the entrance stone?
(a) From a river.
(b) From a religious shrine.
(c) From a cemetery.
(d) From a playground.

10. What is the name of Mrs. Saeki's spirit?
(a) Keiko.
(b) She has no name.
(c) Sakura.
(d) Ying.

11. 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 soul has been split.
(c) If the body is evil.
(d) There is no way for the soul and body to be separated.

12. How does the entrance stone change before it opens?
(a) It begins to disappear.
(b) It changes color.
(c) It grows heavier.
(d) It begins to float.

13. What is the name of the philosopher that the prostitute recites, that Hoshino meets?
(a) José Celestino Mutis.
(b) James Boswell.
(c) Marquis de Condorcet.
(d) Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose home does the cabin in the desolate village remind Kafka of?

2. Who is the director of the films that Hoshino watches back to back?

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

4. What classical musician is the topic of conversation at the coffee shop that Hoshino frequents?

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

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