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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What shape is the birthmark on the neck of Kafuku's new driver?
(a) Triangular.
(b) Oval.
(c) Rectangular.
(d) Circular.

3. The protagonist of the story "Kino" owns what type of establishment?
(a) A bar.
(b) A bowling alley.
(c) A bookstore.
(d) A banquet hall.

4. Who is the narrator of the story "Yesterday"?
(a) Tanimura.
(b) Kitaru.
(c) Tanimura and Kitaru.
(d) Tanimura, Kitaru, and Erika.

5. Oba tells Kafuku that his car, like all cars from what country, is "built to last" (7)?
(a) Denmark.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Italy.
(d) Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. What precipitates the end of the friendship between Kafuku and Takatsuki?

2. What does Habara name as something his support liaison, whom he calls Scheherazade, never says out loud?

3. How long does Tanimura say it had taken him to master the standard Tokyo dialect?

4. The narrator states that Dr. Tokai had always kept his distance from women who expressed interest in what?

5. When Tanimura goes away to college, he remarks that everything in his life until then has been what?

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