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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What activity does Kafuku love to do, "regardless of the season" (6)?
(a) Swim.
(b) Drive with his convertible's top down.
(c) Riding in the back of Oba's pickup truck.
(d) Eat ice cream.

2. Dr. Tokai believes that upon reaching adolescence, all kids become what?
(a) Arrogant.
(b) Rude.
(c) Sex-obsessed.
(d) Closed.

3. How does the narrator of "An Independent Organ" describe the level of success enjoyed by Dr. Tokai's medical practice?
(a) Booming business.
(b) Dwindling prospects.
(c) Breaking even.
(d) Mountains of debt.

4. In college, Kino had been a "standout" (148) in what sport?
(a) Middle-distance running.
(b) Squash.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Diving.

5. After a period of friendship with Takatsuki, Kafuku comes to the conclusion that Takatsuki had felt what emotion toward Kafuku's late wife?
(a) Puppy love.
(b) Mild affection.
(c) Real love.
(d) Sexual attraction.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what location does Tanimura hail?

2. What does Oba tell Kafuku about the social habits of Kafuku's future driver?

3. The first line of the story Scheherazade uses what two adjectives to describe the stories Habara's "support liaison" (121) tells him?

4. The ceiling overhead the bald man when he sits at his favorite and only spot in Kino's establishment has what characteristics?

5. Tanimura declares that the writer of the song Yesterday had recorded it in the studio with how many other people?

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