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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 classical musician is the topic of conversation at the coffee shop that Hoshino frequents?
(a) Mozart.
(b) Chopin.
(c) Bach.
(d) Beethoven.

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

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

4. How long have Hoshino and Nakata spent together by the time Nakato dies?
(a) Two months.
(b) Ten days.
(c) Six months.
(d) Two days.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day do Nakata and Hoshino arrive at the library?

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

3. What film does Kafka watch upon arriving at the desolate village?

4. Which war does Oshima have a fantasy of fighting in?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Who is Colonel Sanders?

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

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

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