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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 was Mrs. Saeki punished for opening the entrance stone?
(a) With no memory of her past.
(b) With a song that would never leave her head.
(c) With the inability to love.
(d) With everlasting life.

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

3. What film does Kafka watch upon arriving at the desolate village?
(a) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
(b) Mary Poppins.
(c) The Sound of Music.
(d) The Wizard of Oz.

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

5. Who is asked to kill evil before it can escape through the entrance stone?
(a) Oshina.
(b) Nakata.
(c) Kafka.
(d) Hoshino.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens to Mrs. Saeki after Nakata leaves the library?

3. Which of the following characters encounters Johnny Walker while walking through the woods?

4. When Mrs. Saeki rests her hand on Nakata's chest, what rushes into him?

5. Who does Mrs. Saeki think is the boy from the painting in the library?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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