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

2. How old was Mrs. Saeki when she first fell in love?
(a) 36.
(b) 46.
(c) 16.
(d) 26.

3. Whose photograph does Kafka take with him when he runs away from home?
(a) His sister's.
(b) His own.
(c) His father's.
(d) His mother's.

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

5. What party does the political trucker align himself with?
(a) Democrats.
(b) Republicans.
(c) Libertarians.
(d) Communists.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has Oshima found a job for Kafka?

2. What does Dr. Shigenori Tsukayama conclude happened to the children in the clearing?

3. What type of animal is Goma?

4. What does Sakura do for a living?

5. What career path made Adolf Eichmann famous?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Sakura?

3. What happened to the elementary school teacher and her class in November, 1944?

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

5. Who is Adolf Eichmann, and what note did Oshima scribble in the margins of his book?

6. How does Kafka spend his first day of freedom in the city?

7. What note does Sakura leave for Kafka when she leaves for work in the morning?

8. What realization does the white cat, Otsuka, make about Nakata?

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

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

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