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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Yesterday".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kitaru's ritual when he arrives home involves the singing of the song Yesterday and what other action?
(a) Taking a series of photographs.
(b) Lighting a bonfire.
(c) Cooking a meal.
(d) Taking a bath.

2. The narrator states that Kafuku generally remains silent unless what condition is met?
(a) He is acting.
(b) If he knows a person well and is talking to them about things that matter.
(c) He is spoken to first.
(d) He is giving an interview to the press.

3. In what kind of establishment do Kafuku and Takatsuki always meet?
(a) A bar.
(b) Kafuku's office.
(c) A library.
(d) A restaurant.

4. Tanimura's father had worked in what position during Tanimura's childhood?
(a) Pharmaceutical company worker.
(b) Coal miner.
(c) Data entry professional.
(d) Steel worker.

5. For what period of time does the friendship between Kafuku and Takatsuki last?
(a) 9 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 3 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kafuku tell Misaki Watari after stating that he has wanted to tell her for a while?

2. For what reason does Tanimura dislike baths?

3. Kafuku describes his new, as yet unnamed, driver as having "strikingly clear eyes" (7) that look out on the world in what way?

4. In college, Tanimura had worked in what type of establishment with Kitaru?

5. When Haruki Murakami uses a simile to indicate Kafuku's level of trust in Oba, what metal does he reference?

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