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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What career path made Adolf Eichmann famous?
(a) He was an anthropologist.
(b) He was an architect.
(c) He was a psychologist.
(d) He was a nazi.

2. When Doctor Nakazawa first responded to the unconscious children, what did he think happened to them?
(a) He thought they were poisoned.
(b) He thought they were feverish.
(c) He thought they were shot.
(d) He thought they were faking.

3. When Kafka wakes from his blackout, who does he first call for help?
(a) Sakura.
(b) Crow.
(c) Nakata.
(d) Oshima.

4. Which of the elementary school teacher's relatives was drafted to fight in the war on the day the children collapsed in the woods?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her son.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her brother.

5. What does Sakura do for a living?
(a) She is a model.
(b) She is an elementary school teacher.
(c) She is a librarian.
(d) She is a hairdresser.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Kafka's imaginary companion?

2. What does Nakata claim is the only joy in his life?

3. On the day the children collapsed in the woods, how did the teacher describe her emotional state?

4. What does Johnny Walker claim to be building from the souls of dead cats?

5. What did the elementary school teacher bring the children into the woods to pick on the day they passed out?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Kafka wakes from a blackout at a religious shrine?

2. What regimen does Kafka adopt and exercise everyday that he is away from home?

3. In what state does Oshima find Kafka when he returns to the cabin to bring Kafka home?

4. What does Kafka steal from his father before he runs away from home?

5. How does Nakata react to Johnny Walker's request to kill him?

6. What complaints do the two serious women make about the library where Oshima and Kafka work?

7. How does Kafka react when Sakura begins telling him about her boyfriend, who lives in Tokyo?

8. What advice does Crow give to Kafka before they run away together?

9. How does Crow react to Kafka's fear when he is alone in the cabin in the woods?

10. What does Hoshino do during the time that Nakata sleeps at their hotel?

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