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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 the entrance stone change before it opens?
(a) It begins to float.
(b) It changes color.
(c) It begins to disappear.
(d) It grows heavier.

2. What is pachinko?
(a) Footwear.
(b) A type of sticky rice.
(c) A gambling game.
(d) A child's toy.

3. Which of the following spirits frequents Kafka's bedroom while he is sleeping?
(a) A beautiful young woman.
(b) A scarred infant child.
(c) A middle-aged man in a business suit.
(d) A scruffy old man.

4. Where does Hoshino promise to take Nakata when things blow over with the police?
(a) To the zoo.
(b) To a botanical garden.
(c) To an aviary.
(d) To an aquarium.

5. How does Johnny Walker react when someone tries to kill him in the woods?
(a) He weeps.
(b) He laughs.
(c) He faints.
(d) He ignores the attack completely.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character reminds Kafka that "love is accompanied by sadness"?

2. What part of Hoshino's body pains him until Nakata fixes it for him?

3. Whose home does the cabin in the desolate village remind Kafka of?

4. What form does pure evil take when it tries to sneak through the entrance stone?

5. What does the word "Kafka" translate to from Czech?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens to Nakata when Mrs. Saeki rests her hands against his chest?

4. What arrangements does Colonel Sanders make for Nakata and Hoshino while the police are on their manhunt?

5. How does Mrs. Saeki respond when Nakata bursts into her office demanding to talk about the entrance stone?

6. How does Kafka react when he is approached by the Japanese soldiers in Oshima's woods?

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

8. How do Nakata and Hoshino know that the entrance stone is working?

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

10. What is the origin of Kafka's name?

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