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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 the philosopher that the prostitute recites, that Hoshino meets?
(a) Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel.
(b) Marquis de Condorcet.
(c) José Celestino Mutis.
(d) James Boswell.

2. When Mrs. Saeki rests her hand on Nakata's chest, what rushes into him?
(a) Memories.
(b) Blood.
(c) Light.
(d) Love.

3. Why does Kafka think his mother abandoned him?
(a) Because she was afraid of loving him.
(b) Because his father demanded it.
(c) Because she was not his real mother.
(d) Because she hated him.

4. Who tells Hoshino that he is "a spirit - neither god not Buddha"?
(a) Nataka.
(b) Johnny Walker.
(c) Colonel Sanders.
(d) Kafka.

5. How does Mrs. Saeki react when Nakata begs to speak with her about the entrance stone?
(a) She closes the door for privacy.
(b) She pretends not to know what Nakata is talking about.
(c) She kicks Nakata out of her office.
(d) She calls the police.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the one thing that Hoshino wishes he could change about himself?

2. What is pachinko?

3. Who arranges for Nakata to stay at a posh apartment while the police are searching for him?

4. Where does Hoshino promise to take Nakata when things blow over with the police?

5. What weather storms into the city after Hoshino steals the entrance stone?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Mrs. Saeki first open the entrance stone?

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

3. While wandering through the woods, what disturbing dream does Kafka have about Sakura?

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

5. How does Kafka react to the desolate village that the Japanese soldiers guide him to?

6. How does Colonel Sanders explain his physical form to Hoshino?

7. How does Mrs. Saeki convince Kafka to leave the world of the deserted village and go back where he belongs?

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

9. What conversation does Hoshino get into with the elderly coffee shop owner the day that the entrance stone is flipped?

10. What happens when Crow encounters Johnny Walker in the enchanted woods?

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