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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. Which of the following characters claims to have been born with both female and male genitalia?
(a) Nakata.
(b) Kafka.
(c) Oshima.
(d) Mrs. Saeki.

2. How long is the first bus ride on the day that Kafka runs away from home?
(a) Four hours.
(b) Six hours.
(c) Ten hours.
(d) Eight hours.

3. What is the name of the cat that was run over by a bicycle and is now a bit slow?
(a) Kawamura.
(b) Sada.
(c) Mimi.
(d) Goma.

4. How old was Sakura when she ran away from home?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Eleven.
(c) Seventeen.
(d) Thirteen.

5. What is the name of the shy man who helps Nakata onto the train and gets him headed in the right direction?
(a) Santo Kyoden.
(b) Togeguchi.
(c) Keiko.
(d) Kitazawa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the elementary school teacher's relatives was drafted to fight in the war on the day the children collapsed in the woods?

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

3. What did Mrs. Saeki's boyfriend's family sell for a living?

4. How does Kafka repay Sakura for letting him sleep on her couch?

5. Where has Oshima found a job for Kafka?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Kafka provide to Sakura about his sister?

2. In what situation is it possible for a body and soul to become separated without the body dying?

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

4. How does Johnny Walker entice Nakata to kill him?

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

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

7. What happened to all of Nakata's money after he lost his job?

8. What trade did Nakata learn when he was in elementary school?

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

10. What are the themes of the song "Kafka on the Shore"?

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