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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 Mrs. Saeki's spirit?
(a) She has no name.
(b) Ying.
(c) Sakura.
(d) Keiko.

2. What beverage does Kafka bring to Mrs. Saeki every day at the same time?
(a) Tea.
(b) Sake.
(c) Wine.
(d) Coffee.

3. What happens to Mrs. Saeki after Nakata leaves the library?
(a) She begins to weep.
(b) She faints.
(c) She is arrested.
(d) She dies.

4. Who do the police suspect has hired Nakata as a hit man?
(a) Johnny Walker.
(b) Mrs. Saeki.
(c) Oshima.
(d) Kafka.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What relationship does Kafka think he has with Mrs. Saeki?

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

3. Who does Hoshino wait to hear from before closing the entrance stone?

4. Which of the following phrases does Mrs. Saeki use to describe herself?

5. What does Mrs. Saeki claim defines Kafka even though he is very young?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Who is Colonel Sanders?

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

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

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