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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Kafka embrace Mrs. Saeki for the first time?

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

4. Who is the only other person that Kafka encounters as he is wandering through the woods?

5. How does Hoshino carry the entrance stone back to his hotel room?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does evil try to escape Limbo?

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

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

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

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

6. Who is Colonel Sanders?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

While at the cabin, Oshima gives Kafka an ominous warning about the soldiers who visited these woods during the war. According to history, what happened to these soldiers when they were in Oshima's woods? What is Oshima worried will happen to Kafka if he ventures too far away from the cabin?

Essay Topic 2

Johnny Walker is a malevolent character who seeks entrance to the afterlife. First, describe the character of Johnny Walker and the way that he meets Nakata. Then, explain the way that Johnny Walker has been living and through what means he steals the souls of living creatures. Finally, explain why Nakata was given no choice but to kill Johnny Walker.

Essay Topic 3

When the entrance stone is turned, it draws together two wandering souls - Mrs. Saeki and Nakata. First, describe the lives Mrs. Saeki and Nakata had been living before the stone was turned. Then, explain how Mrs. Saeki and Nakata complete each other, and what the effects of their final meeting were.

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