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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. How does Hoshino carry the entrance stone back to his hotel room?
(a) In his pocket.
(b) In a wagon.
(c) In a taxi cab.
(d) In a backpack.

2. Which of the following is NOT something that ceases to matter in the deserted village?
(a) Time.
(b) Memory.
(c) Hunger.
(d) Love.

3. Which of the following is NOT something Hoshino does to pass the time while Nakata sleeps?
(a) Eating food.
(b) Reading a book.
(c) Gambling.
(d) Drinking alcohol.

4. What does Kafka bring with him into the woods in case he should decide to kill himself?
(a) A noose.
(b) A knife.
(c) A handful of arsenic.
(d) A gun.

5. When Nakata falls asleep, how long does he usually slumber?
(a) 12 hours.
(b) 3 hours.
(c) 24 hours.
(d) 6 hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following characters accidentally admits to being from the same area where Kafka's father was murdered?

2. Which of the following groups of people disappeared in the woods near Oshima's cabin?

3. What is the name of Mrs. Saeki's spirit?

4. What is the only situation in which a human soul can live outside of a living body?

5. Who does the spirit really belong to that visits Kafka?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kafka decide to do with his life after emerging from Limbo?

2. What happened to the two soldiers that went for a walk in the woods surrounding Oshima's cabin?

3. What book did Mrs.Saeki write after collecting interviews?

4. Why does Colonel Sanders bring Hoshino to the religious shrine?

5. What does Mrs. Saeki ask Nakata to do with her memoirs?

6. What happens with Mrs. Saeki sleepwalks into Kafka's bedroom?

7. Why does Oshima wake Kafka in the middle of the night with a frantic phone call?

8. How does Mrs. Saeki react when Kafka confronts her about the possibility that she is his mother?

9. How does evil try to escape Limbo?

10. How does Hoshino care for Nakata after he dies?

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