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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 is the name of Kafka's father?
(a) Koichi Tamura.
(b) Yoshi Tamura.
(c) Manga Tamura.
(d) Franz Tamura.

2. Where did Mrs. Saeki's boyfriend attend school?
(a) In Tokyo.
(b) In Shanghai.
(c) In Hong Kong.
(d) In Phenom-Pen.

3. What did Mrs. Saeki's boyfriend's family sell for a living?
(a) Soy beans.
(b) Oil.
(c) Sake.
(d) Rice.

4. What creature falls from the sky while Nakata is watching the beating at the truck stop?
(a) Maggots.
(b) Leeches.
(c) Scorpions.
(d) Spiders.

5. What is the name of the city that Nakata is trying to reach by hitchhiking?
(a) Kagawa.
(b) Shikoku.
(c) Fukushima.
(d) Yamaguchi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Johnny Walker keep the severed heads of the cats he has sacrificed?

2. When Kafka first meets Sakura, what does he wonder about her?

3. Which of the following short stories by Franz Kafka does Kafka discuss with Oshima?

4. What is the name of the shy man who helps Nakata onto the train and gets him headed in the right direction?

5. Where does Sakura's boyfriend live?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What strange proposition does Johnny Walker make to Nakata?

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

7. What confession does Oshima make when the stern women accuse him of being misogynistic?

8. Who is Hoshino, and why does he decide to take Nakata on the road with him?

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

10. What happened to the man that Mrs. Saeki fell in love with as a teenager?

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